SPS SPS ASFM 2020 May — Question 10

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS ASFM (SPS ASFM)
Year2020
SessionMay
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeScaled time period sums

10. On any day, the number of orders received in one randomly chosen hour by an online supplier can be modelled by the distribution \(\operatorname { Po } ( 120 )\).
  1. Find the probability that at least 28 orders are received in a randomly chosen 10 -minute period.
  2. Find the probability that in a randomly chosen 10 -minute period on one day and a randomly chosen 10-minute period on the next day a total of at least 56 orders are received.
  3. State a necessary assumption for the validity of your calculation in part (b).