Use the Poisson Distribution to Find the Indicated Probability $\lambda$ = 47 Find the Probability That in a Randomly Selected Week

question 84

Multiple Choice

Use the Poisson Distribution to find the indicated probability. Round to three decimal places when necessary.
-In one town, the number of burglaries in a week has a Poisson distribution with parameter $\lambda$ = 4.7 Find the probability that in a randomly selected week the number of burglaries is at least three.

• A)0.152
• B)0.157
• C)0.848
• D)0.690

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