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The Local Police Department Receives an Average of Two Calls

Question 127

Question 127

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The local police department receives an average of two calls per hour. Use the Poisson distribution todetermine the probability that in a randomly selected hour the number of calls is five.


A) 0.0361
B) 0.0018
C) 0.0282
D) 0.0014

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