document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=847529>Question 847529</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the number of typographical error per page in a manuscript in poisson distributed with a mean of 0.20 per page. determine the probability on a given page, A.) there are exactly 3 typographical errors B.) there are at most 2 typographical errors </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #510509 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=swincher4391><B>swincher4391(1107)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=swincher4391><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=swincher4391><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=510509\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This sounds like a poisson question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we have that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=lambda+=+0.2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"lambda+=+0.2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then we can look at P[X=n] = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28e%5E%28-lambda%29+%2A+lambda%5En%29%2F%28n%21%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28e%5E%28-lambda%29+%2A+lambda%5En%29%2F%28n%21%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And so P[X=3] =  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28e%5E%28-0.2%29+%2A+0.2%5E3%29%2F%283%21%29++=+highlight%28.0011%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28e%5E%28-0.2%29+%2A+0.2%5E3%29%2F%283%21%29++=+highlight%28.0011%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P[X<=2] = P[X=0] + P[X = 1] + P[X=2]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'll factor out <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=e%5E%28-0.2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"e%5E%28-0.2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=e%5E%28-0.2%29%280.2%5E0%2F%280%21%29+%2B+0.2%5E1%2F%281%21%29%2B+0.2%5E2%2F%282%21%29%29+=+highlight%28.9989%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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