2 At a drive-through fast food takeaway, cars arrive independently, randomly and at a uniform average rate. The numbers of cars arriving per minute may be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 0.62.
- Briefly explain the meaning of each of the three terms 'independently', 'randomly' and 'at a uniform average rate', in the context of cars arriving at a fast food takeaway.
- Find the probability of at most 1 car arriving in a period of 1 minute.
- Find the probability of more than 5 cars arriving in a period of 10 minutes.
- State the exact distribution of the number of cars arriving in a period of 1 hour.
- Use a suitable approximating distribution to find the probability that at least 40 cars arrive in a period of 1 hour.