The Local Police Department Must Write,on Average,5 Tickets a Day

question 110

Short Answer

The local police department must write,on average,5 tickets a day to keep department revenues at budgeted levels.Suppose the number of tickets written per day follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6.4 tickets per day.Find the probability that exactly 6 tickets are written on a randomly selected day from this population.

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Definitions:

Labour Efficiency Variance

The difference between the actual hours worked and the standard hours expected to produce a certain number of units, multiplied by the standard hourly wage rate.

Actual Direct Labour Rate

This measures the actual cost per hour of labor directly involved in the manufacturing process.

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct materials purchased and the standard cost, multiplied by the quantity purchased.

Standard Quantity

The predetermined amount of materials or resources expected to be used in a production process or manufacturing of a product.