Motor vehicles arrive at a toll gate according to a Poisson process with rate λ = 2 vehicles per minute. The vehicles arriving at the gate belong to classes 1,2 or 3 with probabilities 1/2, 1/3 or 1/6, respectively. The drivers pay tolls of $1, $2 or $5 depending on the classes 1, 2, or 3 their vehicles belong to. Suppose that 5 vehicles arrived at the toll gate in 10 minutes. Find the prob- ability that only $5 dollars are collected and all are collected during the first 5 minutes.

Motor vehicles arrive at a toll gate according to a Poisson process with rate λ = 2 vehicles per minute. The vehicles arriving at the gate belong to classes 1,2 or 3 with probabilities 1/2, 1/3 or 1/6, respectively. The drivers pay tolls of $1, $2 or $5 depending on the classes 1, 2, or 3 their vehicles belong to. Suppose that 5 vehicles arrived at the toll gate in 10 minutes. Find the prob- ability that only $5 dollars are collected and all are collected during the first 5 minutes.

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

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Chapter10: Sequences, Series, And Probability

Section10.8: Probability

Problem 32E

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