An observer counts 360 veh/h at a specific highway location. Assuming that the arrival of vehicles at this highway location is Poisson distributed, estimate the probabilities of having at least 5 vehicles arriving over a 25-second time interval. choices: 8.57%, 10.88%, 4.20%, 6.89%

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An observer counts 360 veh/h at a specific highway location. Assuming that the arrival of vehicles at this highway location is Poisson distributed,

estimate the probabilities of having at least 5 vehicles arriving over a 25-second time interval. choices: 8.57%, 10.88%,

4.20%, 6.89%
 
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