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Two teams A and B play a soccer match. The number of goals scored by Team A is modeled by a Poisson process N1(t) with rate ?1 = 0.02 goals per minute, and the number of goals scored by Team B is modeled by a Poisson process N2(t) with rate ?2 = 0.03 goals per minute. The two processes are assumed to be independent. Let N(t) be the total number of goals in the game up to and including time t. The game lasts for 90 minutes. (a) Find the probability that no goals is scored, i.e., the game ends with a 0-0 draw. (b) Find the probability that at least two goals are scored in the game. (c) Find the probability of the final score being team A : 1, team B : 2 (d) Find the probability that they draw.

          Two teams A and B play a soccer match. The number of goals scored by Team A is modeled by a Poisson process N1(t) with rate ?1 = 0.02 goals per minute, and the number of goals scored by Team B is modeled by a Poisson process N2(t) with rate ?2 = 0.03 goals per minute. The two processes are assumed to be independent. Let N(t) be the total number of goals in the game up to and including time t. The game lasts for 90 minutes.
(a) Find the probability that no goals is scored, i.e., the game ends with a 0-0 draw.
(b) Find the probability that at least two goals are scored in the game.
(c) Find the probability of the final score being
team A : 1, team B : 2
(d) Find the probability that they draw.
        
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Two teams A and B play a soccer match. The number of goals scored by Team A is modeled by a Poisson process N1(t) with rate ?1 = 0.02 goals per minute, and the number of goals scored by Team B is modeled by a Poisson process N2(t) with rate ?2 = 0.03 goals per minute. The two processes are assumed to be independent. Let N(t) be the total number of goals in the game up to and including time t. The game lasts for 90 minutes.
(a) Find the probability that no goals is scored, i.e., the game ends with a 0-0 draw.
(b) Find the probability that at least two goals are scored in the game.
(c) Find the probability of the final score being
team A : 1, team B : 2
(d) Find the probability that they draw.

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Two teams A and B play a soccer match. The number of goals scored by Team A is modeled by a Poisson process N1(t) with rate λ1 = 0.02 goals per minute, and the number of goals scored by Team B is modeled by a Poisson process N2(t) with rate λ2 = 0.03 goals per minute. The two processes are assumed to be independent. Let N(t) be the total number of goals in the game up to and including time t. The game lasts for 90 minutes. (a) Find the probability that no goals is scored, i.e., the game ends with a 0-0 draw. (b) Find the probability that at least two goals are scored in the game. (c) Find the probability of the final score being team A : 1, team B : 2 (d) Find the probability that they draw.
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00:01 Help students, let's do this question.
00:03 In this question, n1t follows poisson distribution with parameter lambda 1 equal to 0 .02 and n2 ft follows poisson distribution with parameter lambda 2 equal to 0 .03.
00:18 Therefore, n of t equal to n1t plus n2 t and here n of t follows poisson distribution with parameter lambda equal to lambda 1 plus lambda 2 that is it follows person distribution with parameter lambda equal to 0 .02 plus 0 .03 follows person distribution with parameter lambda equal to 0 .05 therefore as we know that p mf of poison distribution probability of capital x equal to small x equal to e -res to minus lambda, lambda rest to x divided by x factorial, where x grad than are equal to 0, lambda greater than 0 or equal to 0 otherwise.
01:08 Therefore we use these to find the probabilities...
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