The random variable x represents the number of phone calls an author receives in a day, and it has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 7.6 calls. What are the possible values of x

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Answer:

[tex]f(x)=\frac{e^{-\lambda} \lambda^x}{x!} , x=0,1,2,3,4,...[/tex]

The possible values for the random variable would be:

X=0,1,2,3,4,.....,

All the positive natural integers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Previous concepts

Let X the random variable that represent the number of phone calls an author recieves in a day. We know that [tex]X \sim Poisson(\lambda=7.6)[/tex]

The probability mass function for the random variable is given by:

[tex]f(x)=\frac{e^{-\lambda} \lambda^x}{x!} , x=0,1,2,3,4,...[/tex]

And f(x)=0 for other case.

For this distribution the expected value is the same parameter [tex]\lambda[/tex]

[tex]E(X)=\mu =\lambda[/tex]

Solution to the problem

The posible values for the random variable would be:

X=0,1,2,3,4,.....,

All the positive natural integers.