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maegan_martin

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on: Jul 25, 2018

If the events A and B are independent, then P(A B) = P(A )P(B).

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

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

A) 0.1805 B) 0.2030 C) 0.0664 D) 0.0747

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14vl19

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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

TRUE

Answer to Question 2

A

maegan_martin

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Reply #2 on: Jul 25, 2018

14vl19

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Reply #3 on: Jul 25, 2018

You're welcome

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