The Arrival of Customers at a Service Desk Follows a Poisson

question 31

Essay

The arrival of customers at a service desk follows a Poisson distribution. If they arrive at a rate of two every five minutes, what is the probability that no customers arrive in a five-minute period?

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Allowance Method

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