Someone claims that the number of hits on his website has a Poisson distribution with an average of 1 hit every 3 minutes. (a) What is the probability that there will be exactly 5 hits in the next 15 minutes? (b) What is the probability that in the next 15 minutes, exactly 1 hit occurs in each non- overlapping 3-minute period?

Someone claims that the number of hits on his website has a Poisson distribution with an average of 1 hit every 3 minutes. (a) What is the probability that there will be exactly 5 hits in the next 15 minutes? (b) What is the probability that in the next 15 minutes, exactly 1 hit occurs in each non- overlapping 3-minute period?

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

Section8.7: Probability

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