CAIE S2 2008 June — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2008
SessionJune
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeFinding minimum n for P(X≥k) threshold

6 People arrive randomly and independently at the elevator in a block of flats at an average rate of 4 people every 5 minutes.
  1. Find the probability that exactly two people arrive in a 1-minute period.
  2. Find the probability that nobody arrives in a 15 -second period.
  3. The probability that at least one person arrives in the next \(t\) minutes is 0.9 . Find the value of \(t\).