Suppose the earthquakes that occur in a certain region of California can be modeled as a Poisson distribution with lambda= 7 per year. what is the probability that at least fifty earthquakes will occur during the next five-year period?
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The average number of earthquakes per year is given as lambda = 7. Therefore, the average number of earthquakes during a five-year period would be lambda * 5 = 7 * 5 = 35. Show more…
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