A Statistic Professor Finds She Averages Five E-Mail Messages Per

question 34

Multiple Choice

A statistic professor finds she averages five e-mail messages per day from students. Assume the number of messages approximates a Poisson distribution.
What is the probability that on a randomly selected day she will have five messages?

• A) 0.0067
• B) 0.875
• C) 0.175
• D) 1.0
• E) None of the choices are correct

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