SOLUTION: The number of babies born in a day at a hospital's maternity wing follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 4 in a day. Calculate the probability that five babies are born du

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Question 1165667: The number of babies born in a day at a hospital's maternity wing follows a
Poisson distribution with a mean of 4 in a day. Calculate the probability that five
babies are born during a particular day in this maternity wing.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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P(5) is e^(-4)*4^5/5!=0.1563
or 2nd VARS poissonpdf(4,5)ENTER
it is e^(-lambda)* lambda^x/x!