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At a 911call center, calls come in at an average rate of one call every two minutes. Assume that the time that elapses from one call to the next has the exponential distribution.

a. On average, how much time occurs between five consecutive calls?

b. Find the probability that after a call is received, it takes more than three minutes for the next call to occur.

c. Ninety-percent of all calls occur within how many minutes of the previous call?

d. Suppose that two minutes have elapsed since the last call. Find the probability that the next call will occur within the next minute.

e. Find the probability that less than 20calls occur within an hour.

Short Answer

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a. 10mins

b. 0.2231

c.0.21mins

d. 0.2387

e.0

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01

introduction

At a 911call center, calls come in at an average rate of one call every two minutes. Assume that the time that elapses from one call to the next has an exponential distribution.

02

Explanation (part a)

From the given information, the average rate of one call is for every two minutes. Therefore, time occurs between five consecutive calls is given by25=10mins

03

Explanation (part b)

The cumulative distribution function is P(T<t)=1et2

Therefore, P(T>3)=1-P(T<3)=1-(1e32)=0.2231

the probability that after a call is received, it takes more than three minutes for the next call to occur. is0.2231

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Explanation (part c)

We want to find 0.9=P(T>t)=11et2=et2

Solving for, et2=0.90,sot2=ln(0.90),andt=2ln(0.90)0.21mins.

Ninety percent of all calls occur within0.21 minutes of the previous call

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Explanation (part d)

We want to find P(1<t<2).

To do this, P(1<t<2)P(t<1)

=1e1221e1210.60650.3678=0.2387

the probability that the next call will occur within the next minute is0.238 mins

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Explanation (part e)

number of calls n=20

we know the cdf, P(T<t)=1et2

The probability of a call occur within an hour is given by,

P(T<60)=1e602=1

The probability of20calls occur within an hour is given bynP(1-P)=2010=0

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