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The Number of Power Outages at a Nuclear Power Plant

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The number of power outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 outages per year.The variance of the number of power outages is _____.


Definitions:

Kinked Demand Curve Model

Oligopoly model in which each firm faces a demand curve kinked at the currently prevailing price: at higher prices demand is very elastic, whereas at lower prices it is inelastic.

Rivals' Price

The cost set by competing businesses for similar products or services in the market.

Marginal Cost

The additional cost associated with producing one more unit of output.

Profit Maximizing

The process or strategy of adjusting production levels, pricing, and other operational parameters to achieve the highest possible profit.

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