SOLUTION: if the probability of a hole in 1 and any given round of golf is .5%, what is the probability of exactly 2 holes in one our of 800 rounds of golf according to the poisson distribut

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Question 1002686: if the probability of a hole in 1 and any given round of golf is .5%, what is the probability of exactly 2 holes in one our of 800 rounds of golf according to the poisson distribution.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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expected value is 800*0.005=4
That would be the probability of getting exactly 2 with a Poisson, lambda=4
that is
exp(-4)*4^2/2!
That equals 0.1465