JEE Main2006MathematicsProbabilityActual
At a telephone enquiry system the number of phone cells regarding relevant enquiry follow Poisson distribution with an average of 5 phone calls during 10-minute time intervals. The probability that there is at the most one phone call during a 10-minute time period is
Options
- A6 5^ e
- B5 6
- C6 55
- D6 e^5
Correct answer
D. 6 e^5
Step-by-step solution
P(X=r)= e^ -m m^r r ! P(X 1)=P(X=0)+P(X=1)=e⁻⁵+5 e⁻⁵= 6 e^5