The Number of Traffic Accidents That Occur on a Particular

question 65

Multiple Choice

The number of traffic accidents that occur on a particular stretch of road during a month follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 8.5. Find the probability that exactly four accidents will occur on this stretch of road each of the next two months.

• A) 0.088510
• B) 0.001958
• C) 0.044255
• D) 0.000144

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