Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Discrete Probability Distributions - Chapter Quiz - Page 307: 29

Answer

a. $0.547$ b. $0.986$ c. $0.453$

Work Step by Step

Use the Poisson formula with $\mu=8$ a. At least 8 calls $P(X\geq8)=1-P(X\leq7)=1-0.453=0.547$ b. 3 or more calls $P(X\geq3)=1-P(X\leq2)=1-0.014=0.986$ c. At most 7 calls $P(X\leq7)=0.453$
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