19.X - Poisson Distribution – Detailed Study
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Practice Questions
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What are the parameters of a Poisson distribution?
💡 Hint: Remember it represents the average number of events.
List one application of the Poisson distribution.
💡 Hint: Think about where you would see random events.
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What is the probability mass function of a Poisson distribution?
💡 Hint: Remember the structure of the PMF.
Is the mean of a Poisson distribution equal to its variance?
💡 Hint: Think of the properties we discussed.
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Challenge Problems
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A bookstore sells an average of 4 novels per week. What is the probability that during a week, exactly 6 novels will be sold?
💡 Hint: Identify λ and k first.
Two independent machines produce widgets with a defect rate modeled by Poisson distributions of λ1 = 3 and λ2 = 2. What is the probability of a total of 4 defects?
💡 Hint: You’ll need to sum the means before calculating.
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