On One Tropical Island,hurricanes Occur with a Mean of 2

question 181

Multiple Choice

On one tropical island,hurricanes occur with a mean of 2.37 per year.Assuming that the number of hurricanes can be modeled by a Poisson distribution,find the probability that during the next 2 years the number of hurricanes will be 3.

• A)0.2074
• B)0.0935
• C)0.1838
• D)0.1551
• E)0.0194

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