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(i)
Let X denote the number of people joining the queue in 4 minutes.
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(ii)
Let Y denotes number of people joining the queue in t seconds.
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Using the Graphing Calculator, t = 55
(iii)
Let W denote the number of people joining the queue in 15 minutes.
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Since
approximately.
Let V denote the number of people leaving the queue in 15 minutes.
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Since
approximately
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by continuity correction
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(iv)
The average number of people joining the queue per minute may not remain constant throughout a period of long hours as they have different traveling time. There might be no flight departing too. Thus, it would not appropriate.
KS Comments:
The question is pretty standard Poisson. So long as students are careful with continuity correction, I don’t see much problems with this questions. They should answer (iv) contextually.