Historical Data Show That the Average Number of Patient Arrivals

question 90

Multiple Choice

Historical data show that the average number of patient arrivals at the intensive care unit of General Hospital is 3 patients every two hours.Assume that the patient arrivals are distributed according to Poisson distribution.Determine the probability of 6 patients arriving in a five-hour period.

• A).136
• B).109
• C).246
• D).001

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