The mean number of accidents per month at a certain intersection is 3. What is the probability that in any given month exactly 4 accidents will occur at this intersection?
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The Poisson distribution is used to model the number of events occurring within a given time period. The formula for the Poisson distribution is: P(X=k) = (λ^k * e^-λ) / k! where: - P(X=k) is the probability of k events, - λ is the mean number of events, - e is Show more…
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