The number of parking tickets issued in a certain city on any given weekday has a Poisson distribution with parameter μ = 50.a. Calculate the approximate probability that between 35 and 70 tickets are given out on a particular day.b. Calculate the approximate probability that the total number of tickets given out during a 5-day week is between 225 and 275.c. Use software to obtain the exact probabilities in (a) and (b) and compare to their approximations.

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The number of parking tickets issued in a certain city on any given weekday has a Poisson distribution with parameter μ = 50.
a. Calculate the approximate probability that between 35 and 70 tickets are given out on a particular day.
b. Calculate the approximate probability that the total number of tickets given out during a 5-day week is between 225 and 275.
c. Use software to obtain the exact probabilities in (a) and (b) and compare to their approximations.

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