AQA S2 2007 June — Question 2

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeTwo independent Poisson sums

2 The number of telephone calls per day, \(X\), received by Candice may be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 3.5. The number of e-mails per day, \(Y\), received by Candice may be modelled by a Poisson distribution with mean 6.0.
  1. For any particular day, find:
    1. \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 3 )\);
    2. \(\quad \mathrm { P } ( Y \geqslant 5 )\).
    1. Write down the distribution of \(T\), the total number of telephone calls and e-mails per day received by Candice.
    2. Determine \(\mathrm { P } ( 7 \leqslant T \leqslant 10 )\).
    3. Hence calculate the probability that, on each of three consecutive days, Candice will receive a total of at least 7 but at most 10 telephone calls and e-mails.
      (2 marks)