Assume that the number of students in a class follows the Poisson distribution with λ = 14. The probability for a student coming to class is 0.2. What is the probability that the class has more than 10 students attending?

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Assume that the number of students in a class follows the Poisson distribution with λ = 14. The probability for a student coming to class is 0.2. What is the probability that the class has more than 10 students attending?

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