The Arrival of Customers at a Service Desk Follows a Poisson

question 51

Multiple Choice

The arrival of customers at a service desk follows a Poisson distribution. If they arrive at the rate of four every five minutes, what is the probability that more than four customers arrive in a five minute period?

• A) 0.7311
• B) 0.3711
• C) 0.5
• D) 0.16

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