The number of failures of a testing instrument from contamination particles on the product is a Poisson

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The number of failures of a testing instrument from contamination particles on the product is a Poisson random variable with a mean of 0.02 failure per hour.

(a) What is the probability that the instrument does not fail in an eight-hour shift?

(b) What is the probability of at least one failure in a 24-hour day?

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Applied Statistics And Probability For Engineers

ISBN: 9780470053041

5th Edition

Authors: Douglas C. Montgomery, George C. Runger

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