Author Question: The number of goals scored at State College hockey games follows a Poisson distribution with a mean ... (Read 126 times)

magmichele12 · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

The number of goals scored at State College hockey games follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 4 goals per game. Find the probability that each of three randomly selected State College hockey games resulted in seven goals being scored.

A) 0.00021107 B) 0.17862110 C) 0.00001086 D) 0.82137890

Question 2

A brewery has a beer dispensing machine that dispenses beer into the companys 12 ounce bottles. The distribution for the amount of beer dispensed by the machine follows a normal distribution with a standard deviation of 0.10 ounce.

The company can control the mean amount of beer dispensed by the machine. What value of the mean should the company use if it wants to guarantee that 98.5 of the bottles contain at least 12 ounces (the amount on the label)? Round to the nearest thousandth. A) 12.217 oz B) 12.243 oz C) 12.002 oz D) 12.001 oz