The Number of Power Outages at a Nuclear Power Plant

question 63

Short Answer

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The variance of the number of power outages is _____.

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Definitions:

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs — direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead — in the cost of a product.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost (including direct materials, direct labor, and overhead) divided by the number of units produced, representing the cost to produce a single unit.

Net Operating Income

The income generated from a company's principal operations, calculated after deducting all operational expenses but before interest and taxes.

Break-Even

The point at which total revenues equal total costs, resulting in no profit or loss.