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4.6 Exercise 13

Avg difficulty 2.5

Scientists recently researched the busiest airport in the world. On average, there are 2,500 arrivals and departures each day.

  1. How many airplanes arrive and depart the airport per hour?
  2. What is the probability that there are exactly 100 arrivals and departures in one hour?
  3. What is the probability that there are at most 100 arrivals and departures in one hour?

OpenStax Statistics, 4.6 Poisson Distribution (Optional), exercise 13

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