A Statistics Professor Receives an Average of Five E-Mail Messages

question 75

Multiple Choice

A statistics professor receives an average of five e-mail messages per day from students. Assume the number of messages approximates a Poisson distribution. What is the probability that on a randomly selected day she will have no messages?

• A)0.0067
• B)0
• C)0.0335
• D)Impossible to have no messages

Identify the role and impact of support departments within organizations.

Understand the allocation of operating expenses and support department charges in profit centers.

Recognize the financial measures used to gauge a manager's performance in a profit center.

Distinguish between direct and indirect expenses and their impact on departmental performance.

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