Suppose the number of babies born each hour at a hospital follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2. Find the probability that exactly five babies will be born during a particular 1-hour period at this hospital. 0.036008 0.004511 O 0.001739 O 0.000006

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Section13.3: Special Probability Density Functions
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Suppose the number of babies born each hour at a hospital follows a Poisson
distribution with a mean of 2.
Find the probability that exactly five babies will be born during a particular 1-hour
period at this hospital.
0.036008
0.004511
O 0.001739
O 0.000006
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose the number of babies born each hour at a hospital follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2. Find the probability that exactly five babies will be born during a particular 1-hour period at this hospital. 0.036008 0.004511 O 0.001739 O 0.000006
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