Edexcel S2 2018 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeMultiple periods with binomial structure

  1. In a call centre, the number of telephone calls, \(X\), received during any 10 -minute period follows a Poisson distribution with mean 9
    1. Find
      1. \(\mathrm { P } ( X > 5 )\)
      2. \(\mathrm { P } ( 4 \leqslant X < 10 )\)
    The length of a working day is 7 hours.
  2. Using a suitable approximation, find the probability that there are fewer than 370 telephone calls in a randomly selected working day. A week, consisting of 5 working days, is selected at random.
  3. Find the probability that in this week at least 4 working days have fewer than 370 telephone calls.