The Number of Lightning Strikes in a Year at the Top

question 65

Multiple Choice

The number of lightning strikes in a year at the top of a particular mountain has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 3.9. Find the probability that in a randomly selected year, the number of lightning strikes is 2.

• A)0.2617
• B)0.1539
• C)0.0128
• D)0.2001

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