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Multiple choice business maths random variables and probability distribution poisson distribution poisson distrubution probability distributions

If ${\overline{x}}$ and $\sigma^{2}$ are mean and variance of poisson distribution, then

  1. $\overline{x}>\sigma^{2}$
  2. $\overline{x}<\sigma^{2}$
  3. $\overline{x}=\sigma^{2}$
  4. $\overline{x}+\sigma^{2}=1$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

For a Poisson distribution, mean ($\mu$) and variance ($\sigma^2$ )are equal .
i.e.$\mu = \sigma^2$

Multiple choice business maths random variables and probability distribution poisson distribution poisson distrubution probability distributions

The S.D. of poisson distribuition whose mean is $\lambda $ is

  1. $\lambda$
  2. $\sqrt{\lambda}$
  3. $\lambda^{2}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{\lambda}}$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Mean = $ \lambda$
In Poisson distribution, the expected value of a Poisson-distributed random variable is equal to that is mean and is equal to its variance. 
Variance =  $ \lambda$
S.D = $ \sqrt {variance} =\sqrt { \lambda  } $

Multiple choice business maths random variables and probability distribution poisson distribution poisson distrubution probability distributions

If X is a poisson variable with parameter 0.09,then its S.D. is

  1. 0.009

  2. 0.3

  3. 0.03

  4. 0.09

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

X is a Poisson variable with parameter 0.09.
In Poisson distribution,  
Poisson variable(X) is equal to  expected value of X and also to its variance. 
 S.D =  
$\sqrt {variance}  =  \sqrt { X } =\sqrt { 0.09 } =0.3$

Multiple choice business maths random variables and probability distribution poisson distribution poisson distrubution probability distributions

Six coins are tossed $6400$ times. The probability of getting $6$ heads $x$ times using poison distribution is

  1. $6400{e^{ - x}}$
  2. $\frac{{6400{e^{ - x}}}}{{x!}}$
  3. $\frac{{{e^{ - 100}}{{100}^x}}}{{x!}}$
  4. ${e^{ - 100}}$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Therefore, the probability of getting $6$ heads with $6$ coins $ = {\left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)^6} = \frac{1}{{64}} = P\left( { > {a _y}} \right)$
Then, 
$\eta P = 6400 \times \frac{1}{{64}} = 100 = m\left( {{a _y}} \right)$
So, by poison's law, $P\left( {x = n} \right) = \frac{{{e^{ - m}}{m^x}}}{{x!}}$
$ = \frac{{{e^{ - 100}}{{100}^x}}}{{x!}}$