The Poisson Distribution Is Being Used to Approximate a Binomial

question 44

Multiple Choice

The Poisson distribution is being used to approximate a binomial distribution.If n=60 and p=0.02, what value of lambda would be used?

• A)0.02
• B)12
• C)0.12
• D)1.2
• E)120

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