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If the events A and B are independent, then P(A  B) = P(A )P(B).
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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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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Answer to Question 1

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