Assume the Number of Trucks Passing an Intersection Has a Poisson

question 59

Multiple Choice

Assume the number of trucks passing an intersection has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 5 trucks per minute. What is the probability of 0 or 1 trucks in one minute?

• A) .0404
• B) .0337
• C) .9596
• D) .0067

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