A Certain Rare Form of Cancer Occurs in 37 Children

question 6

Multiple Choice

A certain rare form of cancer occurs in 37 children in a million, so its probability is 0.000037. In the city of Normalville there are 74,090 children. A Poisson distribution will be used to
Approximate the probability that the number of cases of the disease in Normalville children is
More than 2. Find the mean of the appropriate Poisson distribution (the mean number of cases
In groups of 74,090 children) .

• A)27,400
• B)2.7
• C)274
• D)0.000037

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