Students arrive at a lecture theatre independently. Suppose the number of students arriving in an hour follows a Poisson distribution with mean 10. Let 7 (in hours) be the time required to wait for 5 students to arrive. Derive the probability density function of T.

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Students arrive at a lecture theatre independently. Suppose the number of students arriving in an hour follows a Poisson distribution with mean 10. Let 7 (in hours) be the
time required to wait for 5 students to arrive. Derive the probability density function of T.
Transcribed Image Text:Students arrive at a lecture theatre independently. Suppose the number of students arriving in an hour follows a Poisson distribution with mean 10. Let 7 (in hours) be the time required to wait for 5 students to arrive. Derive the probability density function of T.
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