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Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. the average number of phone calls per minute coming into the helpline desk of a bank is 5. The probability that during one particular minute there will be only one phone call is :

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Poisson distribution with λ=5\lambda = 5. P(X=1)=e−5⋅511!=5e−5P(X = 1) = \frac{e^{-5} \cdot 5^1}{1!} = 5e^{-5}.

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