Consider a Poisson Distribution with an Average of 3 Customers

question 65

Multiple Choice

Consider a Poisson distribution with an average of 3 customers per minute at the local grocery store: Consider a Poisson distribution with an average of 3 customers per minute at the local grocery store.If X = the number of arrivals per minute,find the variance of X.

• A)3
• B)9
• C)1.5
• D)1.7

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