Suppose that trees are distributed in a forest according to a two-dimensional Poisson process with parameter a,
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Suppose that trees are distributed in a forest according to a two-dimensional Poisson process with parameter
a, the expected number of trees per acre, equal to 80.
a. What is the probability that in a certain quarter-acre plot, there will be at most 16 trees?
b. If the forest covers 85,000 acres, what is the expected number of trees in the forest?
c. Suppose you select a point in the forest and construct a circle of radius .1 mile. Let of trees within that circular region. What is the pmf of X? [Hint:
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Probability And Statistics For Engineering And The Sciences
ISBN: 9781133169345
8th Edition
Authors: Jay L Devore, Roger Ellsbury
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