A company publishes statistics concerning car quality The in
A company publishes statistics concerning car quality. The initial quality score measures the number of problems per new car sold. For one year, Car A had 1.22 problems per car. Let the random variable X be equal to the number of problems with a newly purchased model A car. Complete (a) and (b) below. Round to four decimal places as needed for both answers.
A. If you purchased a model A car what is the probability that the new car will have zero problems?
B. If you purchased a model A car, what is the probability that the new car will have two or fewer problems?
Solution
This is a Poisson Process.
Note that,
P(x) = u^x e^(-u)/x!
where x = number of successes
 u = mean = 1.22.
a)
Plugging in x = 0,
P(0) = 0.295230167
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b)
Note that
P(2 or fewer) = P(2) + P(1) + P(0)
Plugging in x= 1,
P(1) = 0.360180804
Plugging in x = 2,
P(2) = 0.295230167
Thus,
P(2 or fewer) = 0.875121261 [ANSWER]

