When Observing a Checkout Line at a Food Store, the Average

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Essay

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 15 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the probability that 10 people check out in any given hour?

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Definitions:

Unsafe Levels

Concentrations or conditions of a substance or environmental factor that pose a risk to health, safety, or well-being.

Radioactivity

The spontaneous emission of radiation from the nucleus of an unstable atom as it changes to a more stable state.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that measures the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space.

Unsafe Levels

Conditions or thresholds that exceed the accepted or legal safety limits, posing risks to health or safety.