document.write( "Question 1179656: During a half hour of television programming, eight minutes is used for commercials. If a television set is turned on at a random time during the half hour, what is the probability that a commercial is not being shown? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #809231 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Poisson Distribution: 8 minutes is used for commercials.\r\n" );
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document.write( " = .0003\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using TI or similarly an inexpensive calculator like an Casio fx-115 ES plus\r\n" );
document.write( "P(x=0) = poissonpdf(0,8) = .0003\r\n" );
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