he number of industrial injuries per working week in a particular factory is known to follow a Poisson distribution with mean 0.5. (a) The probability that in a particular week there will be less than 2 accidents is   _________________. (b) The probability that in a particular week there will be more than 2 accidents is  __________________. (c) The probability that in three week period there will be no accidents is  _________________________.   (Write your answers with four decimal places.

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The number of industrial injuries per working week in a particular factory is known to follow a Poisson distribution with mean 0.5.

(a) The probability that in a particular week there will be less than 2 accidents is   _________________.

(b) The probability that in a particular week there will be more than 2 accidents is  __________________.

(c) The probability that in three week period there will be no accidents is  _________________________.

 

(Write your answers with four decimal places.)

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