U.S. airlines average about 4.5 fatalities per month (Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012). Assume the

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U.S. airlines average about 4.5 fatalities per month (Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012). Assume the probability distribution for x, the number of fatalities per month, can be approximated by a Poisson probability distribution.
a.
What is the probability that no fatalities will occur during any given month?
b. What is the probability that one fatality will occur during a month?
c. Find E(x) and the standard deviation of x.
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Statistics For Business And Economics

ISBN: 9780321826237

12th Edition

Authors: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry T Sincich

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