Shoppers Enter Hamilton Place Mall at an Average of 120

question 5

Short Answer

Shoppers enter Hamilton Place Mall at an average of 120 per hour.
a.What is the probability that exactly 5 shoppers will enter the mall between noon and 12:05 p.m.?
b.What is the probability that at least 35 shoppers will enter the mall between 5:00 and 5:10 p.m.?

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Definitions:

Multinomial Experiment

An experiment consisting of a fixed number of trials where each trial has multiple possible outcomes.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists within a set of given observations or parameters.

Level of Significance

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, typically denoted as alpha (α).

Contingency Table

A tabular method for displaying the frequencies of different outcomes in a sample, allowing for analysis of the association between categorical variables.