SOLUTION: A clinic has 4 appointment slots available per day. On average 2 patients require an appointment slot per day. What is the probability that the clinic does not have enough appointm

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Question 900721: A clinic has 4 appointment slots available per day. On average 2 patients require an appointment slot per day. What is the probability that the clinic does not have enough appointment slots on a given day?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Poisson Probability Distribution avg = 2
TI The syntax is poissonpdf(mean, x-value).
P(x > 4) = 1 - poissonpdf(2,4) = 1 - .9473 = .0527 0r 5.57%