13. Consumer Complaints The number of calls to a consumer hotline has a Poisson distribution with an

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13. Consumer Complaints The number of calls to a consumer hotline has a Poisson distribution with an average of 5 calls every 30 minutes.

a. What is the probability that there are more than 8 calls per 30 minutes?

b. What is the probability distribution for the number of calls to this hotline per hour?

c. What is the probability that the hotline receives fewer than 15 calls per hour?

d. Within what limits would you expect the number of calls per hour to lie with a high probability?

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Introduction To Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9780357114469

15th Edition

Authors: William Mendenhall Iii , Robert Beaver , Barbara Beaver

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