The Local Police Department Receives an Average of Two Calls

question 127

Multiple Choice

The local police department receives an average of two calls per hour. Use the Poisson distribution todetermine the probability that in a randomly selected hour the number of calls is five.

• A) 0.0361
• B) 0.0018
• C) 0.0282
• D) 0.0014

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