Consider a Poisson Distribution with an Average of 3 Customers

question 124

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 10 customers or fewer arriving within a minute.

• A) .9998
• B) .9990
• C) .0008
• D) .0002