SOLUTION: What does the e stand for in poisson distribution?

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Question 746856: What does the e stand for in poisson distribution?
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) About Me  (Show Source):
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the e is Euler's number:
e=2.718...
which is an important transcendental numerical constant in all of mathematics (perhaps the third most famous after pi and i) .