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The number of patients arriving at a dentist’s surgery each afternoon follows
a Poisson distribution, with a mean of four patients per hour.
Calculate the probability that in a particular one-hour period

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The number of patients arriving at a doctor’s surgery each afternoon follows a Poisson distribution, with a mean of $\\var{l}$ patients per hour

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Please give your answer to at least 3 decimal places.

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Hint: for this question use the Poisson distribution

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average, lambda

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What is the mean?

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 Mean = [[0]]

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Calculate the probability that in a particular one-hour period exactly $\\var{x}$ patients will arrive. Please give your answer to at least 3 decimal places.


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$P(r = \\var{x}) =$ [[0]]

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Find the probability that in a particular one hour period, the number of patients who go into the waiting room will be between $\\var{x}$ and $\\var{y}$ inclusive. Please give your answer to at least 3 decimal places.

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$P(\\var{x}\\leq r \\leq\\var{y}) =$ [[0]]

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