The Number of Cars Arriving at a Toll Booth in Five-Minute

question 90

Multiple Choice

The number of cars arriving at a toll booth in five-minute intervals is Poisson distributed with a mean of 3 cars arriving in five-minute time intervals.The probability of 5 cars arriving over a five-minute interval is _______.

• A)0.0940
• B)0.0417
• C)0.1500
• D)0.1008
• E)0.2890

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