Consider a Poisson Distribution with an Average of 3 Customers

question 95

Multiple Choice

Consider a Poisson distribution with an average of 3 customers per minute at the local grocery store. If X = the number of arrivals per minute, find the probability of 3 customers arriving within a minute.

• A) 1.00
• B) .4232
• C) .2240
• D) .3734

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