Use the Poisson Distribution to Find the Indicated Probability

question 26

Multiple Choice

Use the Poisson Distribution to find the indicated probability. Round to three decimal places when necessary.
-A computer salesman averages 1.9 sales per week. Use the Poisson distribution to find the probability that in a randomly selected week the number of computers sold is

• A)3. 0.188
• B)0.214
• C)0.171
• D)0.325

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