On Monday Mornings, Customers Arrive at the Coffee Shop Drive

question 58

Multiple Choice

On Monday mornings, customers arrive at the coffee shop drive thru at the rate of 6 cars per fifteen-minute interval.Using the Poisson distribution, the probability that five cars will arrive during the next five-minute interval is _____________.

• A)0.1008
• B)0.0361
• C)0.1339
• D)0.1606
• E)0.3610

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