5 Biological cell membranes have receptor molecules which perform various functions. It is known that the number of receptor molecules of a particular type can be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 6 per area of 1 square unit.
- Determine the probability that there are at least 10 of these receptor molecules in an area of 1 square unit.
- Determine the probability that there are fewer than 50 of these receptor molecules in an area of 10 square units.
- A scientist is looking at areas of 1 square unit of cell membrane in order to find one which has at least 10 receptor molecules.
Find the probability that she has to look at more than 20 to find such an area.
It is known that the number of receptor molecules of another type in an area of 1 square unit can be modelled by the random variable \(X\) which has a Poisson distribution with mean \(\mu\). It is given that \(\mathrm { E } \left( X ^ { 2 } \right) = 12\).
- Determine \(\mathrm { P } ( X < 5 )\).