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Answer:
The probability that on a randomly selected day the statistics professor will have five messages is 0.1755.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the random variable X represent the number of e-mail messages per day a statistics professor receives from students.
The random variable is approximated by the Poisson Distribution with parameter λ = 5.
The probability mass function of X is as follows:
[tex]P(X=x)=\frac{e^{-5}\cdot 5^{x}}{x!};\ x=0,1,2,3...[/tex]
Compute the probability that on a randomly selected day she will have five messages as follows:
[tex]P(X=5)=\frac{e^{-5}\cdot 5^{5}}{5!}[/tex]
[tex]=\frac{0.006738\times 3125}{120}\\\\=0.17546875\\\\\approx 0.1755[/tex]
Thus, the probability that on a randomly selected day the statistics professor will have five messages is 0.1755.
