Am I using the binom.dist properly?

[yyznomad]

Q -Stats classhas 60 students in it. The class lasts for three hours and the students ask questions at a rate of about 3 questions per hour.
Model this situation with an appropriate binomial distribution and determine the probability of receiving more than 5 questions in a class.

My answer
P(x>=6) = 1-P(x<=5)
= 1 - binom.dist (5,60,9/60,true)

Is it correct that the probability plugged in to the formula in this case = 9/60?

 

[katxt]

This doesn't sound like a binomial problem. For a binomial problem you need to be asking things like the probability of getting 5 or more out of some number but there isn't really any "some number" to be out of. How about the Poisson?

 

[Dason]

Agreed. This is a poor question. Did you copy it word for word?

 

[yyznomad]

This doesn't sound like a binomial problem. For a binomial problem you need to be asking things like the probability of getting 5 or more out of some number but there isn't really any "some number" to be out of. How about the Poisson?

I am supposed to model this both as a binomial and a posisson