Post Office the Number of Arrivals at a Local Post

question 152

Essay

Post Office The number of arrivals at a local post office between 3:00 and 5:00 P.M. has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 12. {Post Office Narrative} Find the probability that the number of arrivals between 3:30 and 4:00 P.M. is at least 10.

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