Consider an Experiment with 25 Trials Where the Probability of Success

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Essay

Consider an experiment with 25 trials where the probability of success on any trial is 0.01, and let the random variable x be the number of successes among the 25 trials. What are p(0), p(1), p(2), and p(3), based on the Poisson approximation to the binomial?

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