The Number of Typographical Errors in a Document Follows a Poisson

question 18

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 3 pages. Find P(Less than 3) .

• A) 0.0620
• B) 0.0174
• C) 0.6767
• D) 0.0595

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Definitions:

Death Rates

The ratio of total number of deaths to the total population in a specified community or area over a particular period of time, often expressed per 1000 individuals.

Birth Rates

The number of live births per thousand individuals in a population per year.

Death Rate

The number of deaths per unit of population in a specific time period, used as an indicator of the health of a population.

Age Intervals

Defined periods or spans of time between specific age milestones used in studies or demographic surveys.