Customers Arrive at a Grocery Store Following a Poisson Distribution

question 33

Multiple Choice

Customers arrive at a grocery store following a Poisson distribution at an average rate of 70 per hour.On average,how many customers arrive per minute?

• A)1.2 customers per minute
• B)7 customers per minute
• C)0.86 customers per minute
• D)0.02 customers per minute
• E)0.7 customers per minute

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