SOLUTION: A teenager receives an average of 5 calls each day on their mobile phone. What is the probability that a teenager will receive exactly 8 calls on his/her mobile phone over a 2-

Question 914096: A teenager receives an average of 5 calls each day on their mobile phone. What is the
probability that a teenager will receive exactly 8 calls on his/her mobile phone over a 2-
day period? Justify the suitability of the probability distribution used to answer this
question. [Ensure that you (1) clearly denote the probability distribution and its
parameter(s) and (2) state the formula]
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Poisson Distribution
avg = 10 per 2-days
P(x = 8) = poissonpdf(10,8) = .1126 0r 11.26%
POISSON Distribution
P(x; μ) = e^(-μ) (μ^x) / x!
where μ is the average number of successes
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