The Number of Road Construction Projects That Take Place at Any

question 51

Multiple Choice

The number of road construction projects that take place at any one time in a certain city follows a Poissondistribution with a mean of 5. Find the probability that exactly six road construction projects are currentlytaking place in this city.

• A) 0.146223
• B) 0.322754
• C) 0.072770
• D) 0.160623

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