Question

As a hospital admistrator responsible for staffing, I need to schedul the approiate hispital staff members in key areas in order to provide proper care. In a recent years, my hospital had 4,320 births. Find the mean number of births per day, then use that result and the Poisson distribution to find the probility that in a day, there are 13 births. Does it appear likely that on any given say? there will be exactly 13 births? If it is likely than I will need to adjust my ataffing personnel to cober the staff. If I select incorrectly, I may risk not being anle to provide proper care to payients in need when it can be life-threatening and the hospital and myself will be held accountable. The mean number of births per day is ______________. ( Round to one decimal place as needed.) The probability that, in a day, there are 13 births is _____________, ( Round to the three decimal places as needed.) With your calculated answers, briefly describe the probability of 13 births in one day.

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