In a certain village accidents occur infrequently. It is known that the probability of an accident on any given day is 0.02 and accidents are independent of each other. What is the probability that in any given period of 400 days there will be an accident on one day? Use Poisson approximation. O a. 0.0027 O b. 0.9973 O C. 0.0150 O d. 0.2710

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In a certain village accidents occur infrequently. It is known that the probability of an accident on any given day is 0.02 and accidents are independent of
each other. What is the probability that in any given period of 400 days there will be an accident on one day? Use Poisson approximation.
a. 0.0027
b. 0.9973
C. 0.0150
d. 0.2710
QUESTION 2
The probability that a patient recovers from a rare blood disease is 0.3. If 12 people are known to have contracted this disease, what is the probability
that at least 5 survive?
a. 0.0017
b. 0.2763
C. 0.0095
d. 0.0386
QUESTION 3
For a random variable with the given probability distribution.
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