A typesetter, on the average, makes one error in every 500 words typeset. A typical page contains 300 words. What is the probability that there will be no more than two errors in five pages?

I am sure this is a Poisson. Is Lambda equal to (3/5)? And then do I take p(X=2)? And then times it by 5 for the 5 pages?

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Answer Yes you are correct that this situation can be modeled using the Poisson distribution The Poi... View the full answer