1. Suppose you are managing a call center where calls arrive randomly at a rate of 10 calls per hour. You want to determine the probability that exactly 3 calls will arrive in the next 15 minutes. Use the Poisson distribution to calculate this probability. 6M CLO2, PLO2

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1. Suppose you are managing a call center where calls arrive randomly at a rate of 10 calls per
hour. You want to determine the probability that exactly 3 calls will arrive in the next 15
minutes. Use the Poisson distribution to calculate this probability. 6M CLO2, PLO2
Transcribed Image Text:1. Suppose you are managing a call center where calls arrive randomly at a rate of 10 calls per hour. You want to determine the probability that exactly 3 calls will arrive in the next 15 minutes. Use the Poisson distribution to calculate this probability. 6M CLO2, PLO2
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