The Production Department Has Installed a New Spray Machine to Paint

question 88

Multiple Choice

The production department has installed a new spray machine to paint automobile doors. As is common with most spray guns, unsightly blemishes often appear because of improper mixture or other problems. A worker counted the number of blemishes on each door. Most doors had no blemishes; a few had one; a very few had two, and so on. The average number was 0.5 per door. The distribution
Of blemishes followed the Poisson distribution. Out of 10,000 doors painted, about how many would have no blemishes?

• A) About 6,065
• B) About 3,935
• C) About 5,000
• D) About 500
• E) None of the choices are correct

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