Number of road accidents follows a poison's distribution with mean 5 find the probability that in a certain month number of accidents on the highway will be i) less than 3 ii) Between 3 & 5 iii) More than 3
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Step 1: The probability of x accidents in a Poisson distribution with mean λ is given by: $$P(X = x) = \frac{e^{-\lambda} \lambda^x}{x!}$$ Show more…
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