In ODTÜ Store, there is a 3D printing machine that produces a food bowls for stray animals. Assume that the number of flaws that occur on a food bowl has a Poisson distribution, and the average number of flaws per square centimeter of bowl surface is 0.2. The area of a bowl under inspection is 100 square centimeters.  a) Determine the probability that 9 flaws occur in the area of a bowl under inspection.  b) Determine the probability that 14 or fewer particles occur in the area of the bowl under inspection.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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ISBN:9780547587776
Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.4: Collecting Data
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In ODTÜ Store, there is a 3D printing machine that produces a food bowls for stray animals. Assume that the number of flaws that occur on a food bowl has a Poisson distribution, and the average number of flaws per square centimeter of bowl surface is 0.2. The area of a bowl under inspection is 100 square centimeters. 

a) Determine the probability that 9 flaws occur in the area of a bowl under inspection. 

b) Determine the probability that 14 or fewer particles occur in the area of the bowl under inspection.

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