Question 1

What is unique to the Poisson distribution?

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Question 2

There are eight flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.10. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that none are late?

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Question 3

There are 10 flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.05. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that none are late?

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Question 4

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 30 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the probability that no (zero) people check out in any given hour?

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Question 5

There are eight flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.10. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that exactly 1 flight is late?

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Question 6

For the following probability distribution:  The standard deviation is _____________.

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Question 7

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 15 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the probability that 10 people check out in any given hour?

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Question 8

For the following probability distribution:  The variance is _____________.

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Question 9

For a binomial distribution, explain why  .

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Question 10

There are eight flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.10. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that 1 or more are late?

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Question 11

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 30 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the standard deviation of the number of people served in an hour?

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Question 12

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 15 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the standard deviation of the number of people served in an hour?

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Question 13

There are 10 flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.05. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that 1 or more are late?

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Question 14

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 30 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the probability that 20 people check out in any given hour?

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Quiz 6: Discrete Probability Distributions

What is unique to the Poisson distribution?

There are eight flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.10. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that none are late?

There are 10 flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.05. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that none are late?

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 30 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the probability that no (zero) people check out in any given hour?

There are eight flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.10. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that exactly 1 flight is late?

For the following probability distribution: The standard deviation is _____________.

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 15 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the probability that 10 people check out in any given hour?

For the following probability distribution: The variance is _____________.

For a binomial distribution, explain why .

There are eight flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.10. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that 1 or more are late?

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 30 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the standard deviation of the number of people served in an hour?

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 15 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the standard deviation of the number of people served in an hour?

There are 10 flights from Minneapolis to St. Cloud each day. The probability that any one flight is late is 0.05. Using the binomial probability formula, what is the probability that 1 or more are late?

When observing a checkout line at a food store, the average number of people served is 30 per hour. Using the Poisson distribution, what is the probability that 20 people check out in any given hour?