Patients arrive at the emergency room of Costa Valley Hospital at an average of 5 per day.

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Patients arrive at the emergency room of Costa Valley Hospital at an average of 5 per day. The demand for emergency room treatment at Costa Valley follows a Poisson distribution.

(a) Using Appendix C, compute the probability of exactly 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 arrivals per day.

(b) What is the sum of these probabilities, and why is the number less than 1?


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Quantitative Analysis For Management

ISBN: 162

11th Edition

Authors: Barry Render, Ralph M. Stair, Michael E. Hanna

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