Poisson

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The number of black bear sighting on a route in Charlevoix follows a Poisson process with a mean of 5.6 per year. a) What is the mean time between sighting? b) What is the probability that there are no sighting within 5 month? c) What is the probability that the time until the first sighting exceeds 3 month?

 

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The number of black bear sighting on a route in Charlevoix follows a Poisson process with a mean of 5.6 per year. a) What is the mean time between sighting? b) What is the probability that there are no sighting within 5 month? c) What is the probability that the time until the first sighting exceeds 3 month?

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