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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN: 9780134753119

Author: Sheldon Ross

Publisher: PEARSON

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The mean number of patients admitted per day to the emergency room of a small hospital is 1.5. If, on any given day, there are only 7 beds available for new patients, what is the probability that the hospital will not have enough beds to accommodate its newly admitted patients?

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