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4.6 Exercise 12

Avg difficulty 2.5

Text message users receive or send an average of 41.5 text messages per day.

  1. How many text messages does a text message user receive or send per hour?
  2. What is the probability that a text message user receives or sends two messages per hour?
  3. What is the probability that a text message user receives or sends more than two messages per hour?

OpenStax Statistics, 4.6 Poisson Distribution (Optional), exercise 12

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