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pragya sharda

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The number of hurricanes hitting a certain tropical island during a recent period of 20 years was 18. For a randomly selected year, find the probability that the number of hurricanes hitting the island is 0.
 
  Assume that the Poisson distribution is a suitable model.
  A) 0.329 B) 0.285 C) 0.407 D) 0.325

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In the city of Deadly Valley, there were 86 homicide deaths in one year. For a randomly selected day, find the probability that there is at least one homicide death in Deadly Valley.
 
  A) 0.186 B) 0.814 C) 0.790 D) 0.210


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Reply #1 on: Aug 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

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pragya sharda

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Reply 2 on: Aug 1, 2018
Gracias!

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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