Answer:
There is a 6.07% probability that during next 2 min exactly 5 cars passing an intersection are from state.
Step-by-step explanation:
Step-by-step explanation:
In a Poisson distribution, the probability that X represents the number of successes of a random variable is given by the following formula:

In which
x is the number of sucesses
 is the Euler number
 is the Euler number
 is the mean in the given time interval.
 is the mean in the given time interval.
In this problem, we have that:
A traffic engineer monitors the traffic flowing through an intersection with an average of 6 cars per minute. So in 2 minutes, 12 cars are expected to flow through the intersection.
If 75% of vehiclesare from state, what is the probability that during next 2 min exactly 5 cars passing an intersection are from state?
We want to know how many of these cars are from state. In 2 minutes, 0.75*12 = 9 cars from the state are expected to pass the intersection, so  .
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We want to find P(X = 2).


There is a 6.07% probability that during next 2 min exactly 5 cars passing an intersection are from state.