Ship collisions in the Houston Ship Channel are rare. Suppose the number of collisions are Poisson distributed, with a mean of 1

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Ship collisions in the Houston Ship Channel are rare. Suppose the number of collisions are Poisson distributed, with a mean of 1

.2 collisions every four months. Appendix A Statistical Tables (Round your answers to 4 decimal places.) a. What is the probability of having no collisions occur over a four-month period? b. What is the probability of having exactly two collisions in a two-month period? c. What is the probability of having one or fewer collisions in a six-month period?

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Leona [12.6K] · Answer 1 · 2026-04-01T19:16:17+03:00

c) Step-by-step breakdown: The collision rate is 1.2 incidents per 4 months, which can be expressed as 0.3 incidents monthly. Therefore, the Poisson distribution for the variable X representing monthly collisions is defined as P(X = x) =... for x ∈ N ∪ {0} = 0 otherwise. (1) Where X = 0 denotes no collisions during a 4-month timeframe, substituting gives P(X = 0) =... (2). For a 4-month period, P(No collision in 4 month period) =... (3). Two collisions in a 2-month span translate to 1 per month, thus P(X =1) =... (4). Over 2 months, P(2 collisions in a 2 month period) =... (5). One collision over a 6-month period equates to P(1 collision in 6 months period) =... (6). Consequently, P(1 collision in 6 month period) results in... (7). For no collisions in a 6-month period, P(No collision in 6 months period) =... (8). Finally, the probability of 1 or fewer collisions over six months is P(1 or fewer collision in 6 months period) = (8) + (7) = 0.0785 + 0.1653.