An Online Retailer Receives an Average of Five Orders Per

question 96

Multiple Choice

An online retailer receives an average of five orders per 500 hits on its website. If it gets 100 hits on its website,find the probability of receiving at least two orders. Use the Poisson distribution.

• A) 0.2642
• B) 0.1839
• C) 0.9048
• D) 0.9596

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Definitions:

Adenine

A nucleotide base present in DNA and RNA, pairing with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA, and is one of the four nucleotide bases.

Thymine

A pyrimidine base found in DNA, pairing with adenine (A) through two hydrogen bonds to assist in stabilizing the nucleic acid structures.

Centromere

The specialized DNA sequence of a chromosome that links a pair of sister chromatids and where spindle fibers attach during cell division.

Duplicated Chromosomes

Chromosomes that have undergone replication, resulting in two identical copies joined together, crucial for cell division.