The Number of Lightning Strikes in a Year at the Top

question 130

Multiple Choice

The number of lightning strikes in a year at the top of a particular mountain has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2.8.Find the probability that in a randomly selected year,the number of lightning strikes is 2.

• A)0.3099
• B)0.7616
• C)0.2384
• D)0.0199
• E)0.4052

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