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The number of hits to a Web site follows a Poisson process. Hits occur at the ra

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Question

The number of hits to a Web site follows a Poisson process. Hits occur at the rate of 0.62 per minute between 7:00 P.M. and 10 :00 P.M. Given below are three scenarios for the number of hits to the Web site. Compute the probability of each scenario between 7:15 P.M. and 7 :20 P.M.

  More than 5 hits.

a.     0.0407

b.    0.0120

c.     0.1728

d.    0.0943

e.     0.3770

  The number of hits are within one variance (inclusively) of the mean.

a.     0.9612

b.    0.6248

c.     0.4012

d.    0.9858

e.     0.1847

Explanation / Answer

averge number of hits b/w 7:15 P.M. and 7 :20 =5*0.62 =3.1

henceP(X>5) =1-P(X<=5)=1-0.9057=0.0943

hence option d is correct

2) for variance =mean =(3.1)

hence P(0<X<6.2)=0.9612

option A is correct