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The number Beatles name on varies with an average of 1.3 per square yard. What is the approximate probability of obtaining a sample of a square yard of lawn with at most one beetle?
The number Beatles name on varies with an average of 1.3 per square yard. What is the approximate probability of obtaining a sample of a square yard of lawn with at most one beetle?
Solution
Using a cumulative poisson distribution table or technology, matching
u = the mean number of successes = 1.3
x = the maximum number of successes = 1
Then the cumulative probability is
P(at most 1 ) = 0.626823124 [ANSWER]
