A Mail-Order Company Receives an Average of Five Orders Per

question 78

Multiple Choice

A mail-order company receives an average of five orders per 500 solicitations. If it sends out 100 advertisements, find the probability of receiving at least two orders. Use the Poisson distribution.

• A)0.2642
• B)0.1839
• C)0.9048
• D)0.9596

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