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Refer to Exercises 3.142 and 3.143. If the number of phone
Chapter 3, Problem 144E(choose chapter or problem)
Refer to Exercises 3.142 and 3.143. If the number of phone calls to the fire department, , in
a day has a Poisson distribution with mean 6, show that \(p(5)=p(6)\) so that and
are the
most likely values for
.
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
p(5)=p(6)
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Refer to Exercises 3.142 and 3.143. If the number of phone calls to the fire department, , in
a day has a Poisson distribution with mean 6, show that \(p(5)=p(6)\) so that and
are the
most likely values for
.
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
p(5)=p(6)
ANSWER:
Solution:
Step 1 of 2:
The number of phone calls to the fire department, Y, in a day has poisson distribution with mean 6.
We have to show that P(5) = P(6) so that 5 and 6 are the two mostly likely values for Y.