document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1181903>Question 1181903</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If there are 100 typographical errors randomly distributed in a 500-page manuscript, find the probability that a given page contains exactly 3 errors. (Please round to three decimal places)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #811854 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=811854\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 0.2 errors per page as the mean.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is the Poisson parameter (this kind of problem is Poisson--mass function, counts proportional to number of trials, theoretical possibility of infinite numbers of errors per page)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(3)=e^(-0.2)*0.2^3/3!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=0.0011 or 0.001<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Also 2ndVARSpoissonpdf(0.2,3) ENTER </SPAN>\n" );
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