The number of houses sold by an estate agent follows a Poisson distribution, with a mean of 2 per week.
a.Find the probability that in the next 4 weeks the estate agent sells, 1 exactly 3 houses, 2 more than 5 houses.
The estate agent monitors sales in periods of 4 weeks.
b.Find the probability that in the next twelve of these 4 week periods there are exactly nine periods in which more than 5 houses are sold.
The estate agent will receive a bonus if he sells more than 25 houses in the next 10 weeks.
c.Use a suitable approximation to estimate the probability that the estate agent receives a bonus.
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