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3 years ago

Why does b have to be positive in exponential functions and why can’t it be 1?

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faust18 [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

Well, "b" is just a variable. It's not really the function. I'm not quite sure what your asking. It can't be 1 because it can't. Math was founded on these mathematical laws. Consider talking to your teacher about this for further explanation.

Step-by-step explanation:

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a) 0.5768 = 57.68% probability that the shop sells at least 3 in a week.

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For questions a and b, the Poisson distribution is used, while for question c, the normal approximation is used.

Poisson distribution:

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e = 2.71828 is the Euler number

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Normal Probability Distribution

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Poisson variable with the mean 3

This means that $\lambda= 3$ .

(a) At least 3 in a week.

This is $P(X \geq 3)$ . So

$P(X \geq 3) = 1 - P(X < 3)$

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$P(X < 3) = P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2)$

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$P(X = x) = \frac{e^{-\lambda}*\lambda^{x}}{(x)!}$

$P(X = 0) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{0}}{(0)!} = 0.0498$

$P(X = 1) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{1}}{(1)!} = 0.1494$

$P(X = 2) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{2}}{(2)!} = 0.2240$

$P(X < 3) = P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) = 0.0498 + 0.1494 + 0.2240 = 0.4232$

$P(X < 3) = P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) = 1 - 0.4232 = 0.5768$

0.5768 = 57.68% probability that the shop sells at least 3 in a week.

(b) At most 7 in a week.

This is:

$P(X \leq 7) = P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) + P(X = 3) + P(X = 4) + P(X = 5) + P(X = 6) + P(X = 7)$

In which

$P(X = x) = \frac{e^{-\lambda}*\lambda^{x}}{(x)!}$

$P(X = 0) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{0}}{(0)!} = 0.0498$

$P(X = 1) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{1}}{(1)!} = 0.1494$

$P(X = 2) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{2}}{(2)!} = 0.2240$

$P(X = 3) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{3}}{(3)!} = 0.2240$

$P(X = 4) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{4}}{(4)!} = 0.1680$

$P(X = 5) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{5}}{(5)!} = 0.1008$

$P(X = 6) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{6}}{(6)!} = 0.0504$

$P(X = 7) = \frac{e^{-3}*3^{7}}{(7)!} = 0.0216$

Then

$P(X \leq 7) = P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) + P(X = 3) + P(X = 4) + P(X = 5) + P(X = 6) + P(X = 7) = 0.0498 + 0.1494 + 0.2240 + 0.2240 + 0.1680 + 0.1008 + 0.0504 + 0.0216 = 0.988$