The Number of Arrivals to a Store Follows a Poisson $\lambda$

question 60

Multiple Choice

The number of arrivals to a store follows a Poisson distribution with mean $\lambda$ = 10/hour. What is the mean inter-arrival time?

• A)6 seconds
• B)6 minutes
• C)10 minutes
• D)10 hours

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