Historical Data Shows That the Average Number of Patient Arrivals

question 70

Multiple Choice

Historical data shows that the average number of patient arrivals at the intensive care unit of General Hospital is 3 patients every 2 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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