The number of hits on a certain website follows a Poisson

Chapter 4, Problem 7E

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QUESTION:

The number of hits on a certain website follows a Poisson distribution with a mean rate of 4 per minute.

a. What is the probability that 5 messages are received in a given minute?

b. What is the probability that 9 messages are received in 1.5 minutes?

c. What is the probability that fewer than 3 messages are received in a period of 30 seconds?

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QUESTION:

The number of hits on a certain website follows a Poisson distribution with a mean rate of 4 per minute.

a. What is the probability that 5 messages are received in a given minute?

b. What is the probability that 9 messages are received in 1.5 minutes?

c. What is the probability that fewer than 3 messages are received in a period of 30 seconds?

ANSWER:

Solution

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Here given that the no. of hits on a web site follows the poisson distribution with mean a rate of 4 per minute

Let X is the  no. of hits on a web site

The pmf of poisson distribution is P(X)=, X=0,1,2,..............

Then XPoisson(4)

Hence =4


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