Poisson Distribution Profesor Bradley encourages his statistics students to act in a prudent

manner by consulting the tutor if they have any questions as they prepare for the final exam. It
appears that students arrival at the tutors office fits a Poisson Distribution, with an average of
5.2 students every minutes. Profesor Bradley is concerned that if too many students need the
tutors service, a crowding problem may develop.
a. The tutor must determine the probability that four students will arrive during any 20 minute
interval, which could create he crowding problem Profesor Bradley fears. If this probability
exceeds 20 percent, a second tutor will be hired.
b. The tutor must also calculate the probability that more than four student will arrive during
any 20-minute period. If it is greater than 50 percent, the tutors office hours will be
extended, allowing students to spread out the times they come to see the tutor.
c. If the probability that more than seven students arrive during any 30-minute time priod
exceeds 50 percent, Profesor Bradley himself will offer additional tutoring.
Given:

Task 2
Uniform Distribution - Dow Chemical produces inorganic lawn fertilizer for homeowners who
fertilize their grass so they can mow it more often. One type of fertilizer is sold in bags with
uniformly distributed weight, with a mean of 25 pounds and a range of 2.4 pound. Harry
Homeowner needs 23 pound to fertilize his lawn, but he is hesistant to buy only one bag since
they deviate from 25 pounds over a range of 2.4 pounds. He is also curious about the
probability of buying a bag with more than 25.5 pounds.

Task 3
Normal Distribution - TelCom Satellite provides communication services to businesses in the
Chicago metropolitan area. Company officers have learned that the average satellite
transmission is 150 seconds, with a standard deviation of 15 seconds. Times appear to be
normally distributed.
To properly estimate customer demand for its services and estalish a rate structure which will
maximize corporate profits, TelCom must determine how likely some calls are to happen. The
director of services wants you to provide estimates of the probability that a call will last:
a. Between 125 and 150 seconds.
b. Less than 125 seconds.
c. Between 145 and 155 seconds.
d. Between 160 and 165 seconds.

Task 4
Poisson Distribution - Wire cable used to secure bridge structure has an average of 3 defects
per 100 yards. If you require 50 yards, what is probability there will be one defect?

Task 5
Normal Distribution - The U.S. Deartment of Agriculture has learned from a study of crop
yields that the daily rainfall in parts of Hawaii appears to be normally distributed with a mean of
2.2 inches during the rainy season. The standard deviation was determined to be 0.8 inches.
a. What is the probability it will rain more than 3.3 inches on any one day during the rainy
season?
b. Find the probability that it will rain more than 1.3 inches.
c. What is the probability that the rainfall will be between 2.7 and 3.0 inches?
d. How much rainfall must occur to ecxeed 10 percent of the daily precipitation?

Task 6
Poisson Distribution Cross City Cab Company schedules its taxicabs to arrive at the local
airport in a Poisson Distribution with a mean arrival rate of 12 per hour. You have landed at the
airport and mus get into town to close a big business deal. What is the probability you will have
to wait no more than 5 minutes to get a cab? Your boss is a tyrant who will not tolerate failure,
so if the probability another cab will be along within 5 minutes is less than 50 percent, you will
rent a car for the trip to the office.

Task 7
Exponential Distribution - As manager of Burger Haven, you observe that customers enter
your establisment at the rate of 8 per hour. What is the probability that more than 15 minutes
pass between the arrival of 2 customers?