SOLUTION: a police department reports that the probabilities that 0,1,2,3, and 4 car thefts will be reported in a given day ar 0.150 0.284, 0.270, 0.171, and 0.081, respectively?
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Question 260846: a police department reports that the probabilities that 0,1,2,3, and 4 car thefts will be reported in a given day ar 0.150 0.284, 0.270, 0.171, and 0.081, respectively?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Those probabilities add up to 0.956
They should add up to 1.00
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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