SOLUTION: An oil terminal can handle 10 tankers on any day and on average receives 7 per day. What are the expected number of days in a 365 day year that there will be too many tankers arriv

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Question 863342: An oil terminal can handle 10 tankers on any day and on average receives 7 per day. What are the expected number of days in a 365 day year that there will be too many tankers arriving for the terminal to deal with?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi

Poisson:  average 7/day

P(x>10) = .0985

365*.0985 = 38.9075,   39 days