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Question 1087191: A computer salesman average 1.5 sales per week. Use the poison distribution to find the probability that in a randomly selected week the number of computers sold is 1?". Answer by mathmate(429) (Show Source):
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A computer salesman average 1.5 sales per week. Use the poison distribution to find the probability that in a randomly selected week the number of computers sold is 1?".
Solution:
For a Poisson distribution, here λ = 1.5
and x=1.
Then
pmf(x,λ)=λ^x(e^(-λ)/x!
=1.5^1(e^(-1.5))/1!
=0.33469
