document.write( "Question 1196594: 5. The number of white corpuscles on a slide has a Poisson distribution with mean 3.4.
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document.write( "The number of white corpuscles on a slide has a Poisson distribution with mean 3.4.\r\n" );
document.write( "a.  the most likely number of white corpuscles on a slide = 3 (need whole number)\r\n" );
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document.write( "b. P(x=3) = poissonpdf(3.4, 3) = .219 (3 decimal points)\r\n" );
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document.write( "c. P(obtaining at least one white corpuscle in total on the two slides)\r\n" );
document.write( "P(x=0) = poissonpdf(3.4, 0) = .033   Using complement(at least 1) = 1 - .033 = .967 (on a slide)\r\n" );
document.write( "P(of obtaining at least one white corpuscle in total on the two slides)\r\n" );
document.write( "1- (.033)(.033)\r\n" );
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