Suppose that cars arrive at a toll booth according to a Poisson process with intensity 5 per

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Suppose that cars arrive at a toll booth according to a Poisson process with intensity 5 per minute. What is the probability that no cars will arrive in a particular minute? What is the probability that more than 8 cars will arrive in a particular minute? What is the probability that exactly 9 cars will arrive in a given two minute period, and what is the expected number of arrivals during that period? Comment on the applicability of the assumptions of the Poisson process for this example.

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Statistics Probability Inference And Decision

ISBN: 9780030778056

1st Edition

Authors: Robert L. Winkler, William L. Hays

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