SOLUTION: It has been recorded that the average number of errors in a newspaper is 4 mistakes per page. What is the probability of having 1 or 2 errors per page?
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Question 386729: It has been recorded that the average number of errors in a newspaper is 4 mistakes per page. What is the probability of having 1 or 2 errors per page?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
, to five decimal places. (This is by use of the Poisson probability distribution.)
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