A History Professor Finds That When He Schedules an Office

question 53

Multiple Choice

A history professor finds that when he schedules an office hour at the 10:30 a.m. time slot, an average of threestudents arrive. Use the Poisson distribution to find the probability that in a randomly selected office hour inthe 10:30 a.m. time slot exactly seven students will arrive.

• A) 0.0216
• B) 0.0004
• C) 0.0034
• D) 0.0001

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