Assume that the number of misprints per page is a certain printing of a textbook has a Poisson distribution with a mean of one misprint per five pages. What percentage of pages contain no misprint? (Round your percentage to two decimal places.) How many pages would you then expect to have no misprints if the textbook contains 338 pages?

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Assume that the number of misprints per page is a certain printing of a textbook has a Poisson
distribution with a mean of one misprint per five pages. What percentage of pages contain no
misprint? (Round your percentage to two decimal places.) How many pages would you then
expect to have no misprints if the textbook contains 338 pages?

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