The number of power surges at a nuclear plant follows a Poisson distribution with n average of 0.5 power surges per day. (a) What is the probability that on a given day (1) there will be zero power...

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The number of power surges at a nuclear plant follows a Poisson distribution with n average of 0.5 power surges per day.
(a) What is the probability that on a given day
(1) there will be zero power surges?
(2) there will be at least one power surge?
(3) there will be between 3 and 5 power surges (inclus...

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Answer To: The number of power surges at a nuclear plant follows a Poisson distribution with n average of 0.5...

David answered on Dec 20 2021
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Poisson distribution is given by below expression
Where x = 0,1,2,…..
e = 2.71828 constant
µ= Mean no. of success in a given time period
Given , Mean = .5
(1) there will be zero power surges?
Here x= 0
Therefore, Probability (X= 0) = e^-.5 = .607
(2) there will be at least one power...
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