In One Town, the Number of Burglaries in a Week

question 160

Multiple Choice

In one town, the number of burglaries in a week has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 1.9 burglaries. Find the probability that in a randomly selected week the number of burglaries is at least three. Use the Poisson
Distribution to find the indicated probability.

• A) 0.8290
• B) 0.1710
• C) 0.1253
• D) 0.2963
• E) 0.7037

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