The Number of Traffic Accidents That Occur on a Particular

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Multiple Choice

The number of traffic accidents that occur on a particular stretch of road during a month follows a Poissondistribution with a mean of 7.5. Find the probability of observing exactly five accidents on this stretch of roadnext month.

• A) 0.109375
• B) 1.332455
• C) 0.805166
• D) 9.808925

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