Lydia A.

asked • 06/01/20

Please help me with this question

The mean number of errors due to a bug occurring in a minute is 0.0001.What is the probability that no error will occur in 20 minutes.

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Lydia A.

i think is a poisson distribution ,when i solved i got 4.1099 as the answer
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06/02/20

Jonathan S.

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How did you arrive at 4.1099? Can a probability be 4.1099?
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06/02/20

Lydia A.

i used the poisson formula
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06/02/20

Lydia A.

i substituted the mean into the formula
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06/02/20

Jonathan S.

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Can you be more specific about what exactly you did? What is the mean? What is the formula? Can a probability ever be greater than 1?
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06/02/20

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