Suppose the number of babies born each hour at a hospital has 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.

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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 has 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.
0.036089
0.001739
0.000006
0.004511
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose the number of babies born each hour at a hospital has 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. 0.036089 0.001739 0.000006 0.004511
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