The number of hurricanes coming within 250 miles is modeled by Polsson distribution with meanz per year. Find the mean and the variance of the time between successive hurricanes.

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Section10.5: Comparing Sets Of Data
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The number of hurricanes coming within 250 miles is modeled by Polsson distribution with meanz per year. Find the mean
and the variance of the time between successive hurricanes.
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