The number of cars sold per day in a car sales follows a Poisson distribution with parameter λ=2. If car sales are operated 365 days a year, and the cars sold each day are independent of each other, find the probability of selling more than 700 cars in a year. (Answer: 0.8665)

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The number of cars sold per day in a car sales follows a Poisson distribution with parameter λ=2. If car sales are operated 365 days a year, and the cars sold each day are independent of each other, find the probability of selling more than 700 cars in a year.

(Answer: 0.8665)

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