Use the Poisson Distribution to Find the Indicated Probability $\lambda$ = 0210 Find the Probability That There Are Exactly Two
Power

question 133

Multiple Choice

Use the Poisson Distribution to find the indicated probability. Round to three decimal places when necessary.
-The number of power failures experienced by the Columbia Power Company in a day has a Poisson distribution with parameter $\lambda$ = 0.210. Find the probability that there are exactly two
Power failures in a particular day.

• A)0.027
• B)0.085
• C)0.036
• D)0.018

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