Automobile arrive at the Kajang exit of the Plus Toll Road at the rate of two per minute. The distribution of arrivals approximates a Poisson distribution (i) Compute the probability that no automobile arrive in a particular minute (ii) Compute the probability that at least one automobile arrives in a particular minute. (Hint; Use complement rule)
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Using the Poisson probability formula, we have: P(X = 0) = (e^(-λ) * λ^0) / 0! where X is the number of cars arriving in a minute, e is the base of the natural logarithm (approximately 2.718), and λ is the rate of arrivals (2 cars per minute). Plugging in the Show more…
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