Cars arrive at a highway rest area according to a Poisson process with rate 9 per hour. What is the probability that more than one car arrives within an interval of duration 3 minutes? Select one: a. 0.06456 b. 0.7131 c. 0.07544 d. 0.2869 e. 0.3624
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Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, the rate per minute is simply the rate per hour divided by 60. Let's call this rate λ. λ = rate per hour / 60 Show more…
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