1 During a meteor shower, the number of meteors that can be seen at a particular location can be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 1.2 per minute.
- Find the probability that exactly 2 meteors are seen in a period of 1 minute.
- Find the probability that more than 3 meteors are seen in a period of 1 minute.
- Find the probability that no more than 8 meteors are seen in a period of 10 minutes.
- Explain what the fact that the number of meteors seen can be modelled by a Poisson distribution tells you about the occurrence of meteors.