The Manager of a Movie Theater Has Determined That the Distribution

question 25

Multiple Choice

The manager of a movie theater has determined that the distribution of customers arriving at the concession stand is Poisson distributed with a standard deviation equal to 2 people per 10 minutes. What is the probability that more than 3 customers arrive during a 10-minute period?

• A) 0.1804
• B) 0.5665
• C) 0.4335
• D) 0.1954

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