Midterm binomial Poisson
questions
On average, 60% of fast-food
workers earn less than $10 per hour.
1) For 8 workers, probability that no more than half earn
less than $10/hour. (0.406)
2) For 16 workers, probability that at least 6 earn at
least $10/hour. (0.671)
3) For 7 workers, which is more likely: that at least 4
earn less than $10/hour or at least 2 earn at least $10/hour (latter at 0.841)
At a movie concession stand,
a clerk can serve 2 customers per 5 minutes on average.
4) In 15 minutes, probability a clerk can serve at least
3 customers. (0.938)
5) In 4 minutes, probability a clerk can serve at least 1
but no more than 3. (0.7192)
6) There are 3 clerks. It is 3 minutes to the movie
starting. What is the probability that the first 4 customers will be served
before the movie starts? (0.4847)