SOLUTION: The average number of tankers arriving every day to a certain port city is 10. The facilities at the port can accommodate at most 15 tankers per day. What is the probability that

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Question 1059023: The average number of tankers arriving every day to a certain port city is 10. The facilities at the port can accommodate at most 15 tankers per day.
What is the probability that on a given day the parking lot will be filled
. (Round to 4 decimals)

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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Assuming a Poisson distribution--discrete, proportional to time, could theoretically be infinite--the parameter is 10.
Therefore, for 15
P(x=15)=e^(-10)*10^15/15!=0.0347