The Number of Typographical Errors in a Document Follows a Poisson

question 64

Multiple Choice

The number of typographical errors in a document follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2 errors per page. Let $X$ represent the number of errors on 4 pages. Find $\sigma _ { x ^ { * } }$

• A) 8
• B) 3.8
• C) 2.8
• D) 2

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