SOLUTION: Traffic fatalities occur at the rate of 1.32 fatal accidents per 100 million miles. Find the probability that during the next 100 million vechicle miles there will be a. exactly

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Question 1055010: Traffic fatalities occur at the rate of 1.32 fatal accidents per 100 million miles. Find the probability that during the next 100 million vechicle miles there will be
a. exactly 0 fatal accidents
b at least 1 fatal
c more than 1
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Using a Poisson Probability Distribution
P( x = 0) = poissonpdf(mean, x-value) = poissonpdf(1.32, 0).
P(x >= 1) = 1 - poissoncdf(1.32, 0)
P(x > 1 = 1 - poissoncdf(1.32, 1)