Patients arrive at a hospital emergency department according to a Poisson process with a mean of 6.5
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Patients arrive at a hospital emergency department according to a Poisson process with a mean of 6.5 per hour.
(a) What is the mean time until the 10th arrival?
(b) What is the probability that more than 20 minutes is required for the third arrival?
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Applied Statistics And Probability For Engineers
ISBN: 9781118539712
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Authors: Douglas C. Montgomery, George C. Runger
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