Arrivals at a Fast-Food Restaurant Follow a Poisson Distribution with a Mean

question 69

Multiple Choice

Arrivals at a fast-food restaurant follow a Poisson distribution with a mean arrival rate of 16 customers per hour.What is the probability that in the next hour there will be exactly 8 arrivals?

• A)1.000
• B)0.200
• C)0.175
• D)0.825
• E)None of the above

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