SOLUTION: Traffic fatalities occur at the rate of 1.32 fatal accidents per 100 million miles. Find the probability that during the next 100 million vechicle miles there will be a. exactly

Question 1055010: Traffic fatalities occur at the rate of 1.32 fatal accidents per 100 million miles. Find the probability that during the next 100 million vechicle miles there will be
a. exactly 0 fatal accidents
b at least 1 fatal
c more than 1

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Using a Poisson Probability Distribution
P( x = 0) = poissonpdf(mean, x-value) = poissonpdf(1.32, 0).
P(x >= 1) = 1 - poissoncdf(1.32, 0)
P(x > 1 = 1 - poissoncdf(1.32, 1)
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