A household receives an average of 17 pieces of junk mail


Question: 1. A household receives an average of 1.7 pieces of junk mail per day. Find the probability that this household will receive exactly 3 pieces of junk mail on a certain day. Use the Poisson probability distribution formula.

2. A commuter airline receives an average of 9.7 complaints per day from its passengers. Using the Poisson formula, find the probability that on a certain day this airline will receive exactly 6 complaints.

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Basic Statistics: A household receives an average of 17 pieces of junk mail
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