SOLUTION: the average number of traffic accidents per seven-day week on a certain section of highway is equal to 14. Based on this information, what is the probability that there will be fou

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Question 1075582: the average number of traffic accidents per seven-day week on a certain section of highway is equal to 14. Based on this information, what is the probability that there will be four accidents on the Monday of a specific week
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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That means 2 accidents per day for any given day of the week, no other information being available.
Poisson with parameter 2 and x=4
Proportional to time
Discrete
Infinite x theoretically possible
e^(-2)*2^4/4!=0.0902