The state department of transportation is coordinating road crews to fix potholes after a particularly snowy winter. Initial estimates gave an average of 7.8 potholes per mile of highway. Find the probability that there are 11 or more potholes in a randomly selected one-mile stretch of highway. Use Excel to find the probability.

P(X≥11) = 0.1648

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Mean, μ = 7.3

Potholes, n = 11

The interpretation of the question is to calculate P(X ≥ 11)

It is known that

P(X) = P(1) + P(2) +.......+P(infinite)

We can say that

P(X) = P(X≤10) + P(X>10)

Make P(X>10) the subject of formula

P(X>10) = P(X) - P(X≤10)

P(X>10) is equivalent to P(X≥11) and P(X) = 1.

By substituton, we have

P(X≥11) = 1 - P(X≤10)

So, we'll solve P(X≤10) using the following steps using n as 10.

To solve the above question using Microsoft Office Excel, follow the highlighted steps below

1. First goto FORMULAS tan

2. Select INSERT FUNCTION.

3. Select the POISSON.DIST function.

4. Enter the values for the number of events and the mean of occurrences per interval. In this case, enter 10 and 7.8, in that order and 1 for Cumulative since this is a cumulative probability.

5. Press OK.

Excel would display the probability.

In this case, it is 0.83523

Remember that

P(X≥11) = 1 - P(X≤10)

By substituton

P(X≥11) = 1 - 0.83523

P(X≥11) = 0.16477

Approximately,

P(X≥11) = 0.1648

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the answer is c

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step-by-step explanation:

12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 7 hours.

4: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 3 hours.

this means that from 4: 00 p.m to 7: 00 p.m. this represents 3/7 of what was lost from 12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m.

after knowing this, after doing 11,600 - 6,800 = 4,800

4,800 represents 3/7 of what was lost for 7 hours.

we then divide 4,800 by 3 which gets 1,600.

because we know that 1,600 represents 1/7 of how much water was lost, we just have to multiply by 7, which gets 11,200.   after adding 11,200 to how much water was left at 7: 00 p.m. which was 6,800. 11,200 + 6,800 = 18,000

this means that the pool originally had 18,000 gallons in the pool.

you can also check your work by doing 18,000 - 4(1600), which becomes           1800 - 6400 which gets you 11,600.