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In a certain city, the number of potholes on a major street follows a Poisson distribution with a

rate of 3 per km. Let N2 represent the number of potholes in a twokm

stretch of road. Find

a) P N, = 4
b) P[N2 < 1]
c) P[5 < N, < 8]
d) HN2
e) ON2

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