Poisson Probability of Car Security Alarms
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Could you please help me figure out Poisson Probability. Car security alarms go off at a mean rate of 3.8 per hour in a large parking lot.
Find the probability that in an hour there will be
(a) no alarms
(b) fewer than four alarms
(c) more than five alarms
(rounded to 4 decimals)
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This solution contains step-by-step calculations to determine the probability of alarms in a Poisson distribution.
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