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It can be shown that if events are occurring in time according to a Poisson distribution with mean it, then the interarrival times between events have an 1 exponential distribution with mean If calls come into a police emergency center at the rate of eight per hour, what is the probability that more than λ 17 minutes will elapse between the next two calls? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

It can be shown that if events are occurring in time according to a Poisson distribution with mean it, then the interarrival times between events have an 1 exponential distribution with mean If calls come into a police emergency center at the rate of eight per hour, what is the probability that more than λ 17 minutes will elapse between the next two calls? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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18 It can be shown that if events are occurring in time according to a Poisson distribution with mean it, then the interarrival times between events have an 1 exponential distribution with mean If calls come into a police emergency center at the rate of eight per hour, what is the probability that more than 2 17 minutes will elapse between the next two calls? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:18 It can be shown that if events are occurring in time according to a Poisson distribution with mean it, then the interarrival times between events have an 1 exponential distribution with mean If calls come into a police emergency center at the rate of eight per hour, what is the probability that more than 2 17 minutes will elapse between the next two calls? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
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