document.write( "Question 860366: a used car salesman in a small town states that on average, it takes 5 days to sell a car. assume that the probability distribution of the length of the time between sales is exponentially distributed \r
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Poisson distribution
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document.write( "average: 5 days
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document.write( "TI syntax  P(# ≤ x)= poissioncdf(mean, largest x-value).
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document.write( "P(6 ≤ x ≤ 10) = poissioncdf(5, 10) - poissioncdf(5, 6) = .9863  -.7622
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document.write( "P(6 < x < 10) = poissioncdf(5, 9) - poissioncdf(5, 7) \n" );
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