Determine the Indicated Probability for a Poisson Random Variable with the Given

question 18

Multiple Choice

Determine the indicated probability for a Poisson random variable with the given values of $\lambda$ and t .
$\lambda = 0.3 , t = 7 , P ( \text { Less than } 3 )$

• A) 0.3504
• B) 0.6496
• C) 0.8386
• D) 0.7162

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