The Probability That a Car Will Have a Flat Tire

question 194

Multiple Choice

The probability that a car will have a flat tire while driving through a certain tunnel is 0.00005. Use the Poisson distribution to approximate the probability that among 14,000 cars passing through this tunnel, exactly two will
Have a flat tire. Round your answer to four decimal places.

• A) 0.1217
• B) 0.1947
• C) 0.1460
• D) 0.8783
• E) 0.1703

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement in hypothesis testing that proposes there is a statistically significant difference or effect, in contrast to the null hypothesis.

Chi-square Test

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Association

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Row Variable

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