1. Traffic accidents at a particular intersection follow Poisson distribution with an average rate of 1.4 per week. a) What is the probability that the next week is accident-free? b) What is the probability that there will be exactly 3 accidents next week? c) What is the probability that there will be at most 2 accidents next week?
1. Traffic accidents at a particular intersection follow Poisson distribution with an average rate of 1.4 per week. a) What is the probability that the next week is accident-free? b) What is the probability that there will be exactly 3 accidents next week? c) What is the probability that there will be at most 2 accidents next week?
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
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Traffic accidents at a particular intersection follow Poisson distribution with
an average rate of 1.4 per week.
a)
What is the probability that the next week is accident-free?
b)
What is the probability that there will be exactly 3 accidents next week?
c)
What is the probability that there will be at most 2 accidents next week?
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