Determining the poisson random variable


An automobile manufacturer is concerned about a fault in the braking mechanism of a particular model. The fault can, on rare occasions, cause a catastrophe at high speed. The distribution of the number of cars per year that will experience the fault is a Poisson random variable with A = 5.

a) What is the probability that at most 3 cars per year will experience a catastrophe?

b) What is the probability that more than 1 car per year will experience a catastrophe?

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