The Poisson Distribution Is Being Used to Approximate a Binomial

question 1

Multiple Choice

The Poisson distribution is being used to approximate a binomial distribution.If n=40 and p=0.06, what value of lambda would be used?

• A)0.06
• B)2.4
• C)0.24
• D)24
• E)40

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