The Number of Traffic Accidents Per Day on a Certain

question 4

Multiple Choice

The number of traffic accidents per day on a certain section of highway is thought to be a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2.19 accidents.What is the standard deviation of the number of accidents?

• A) 2.19
• B) 4.80
• C) 1.48
• D) 3.14

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