Recent crime reports indicate that 18.4 motor vehicle thefts occur every hour in Canada. Assume that the

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Recent crime reports indicate that 18.4 motor vehicle thefts occur every hour in Canada. Assume that the distribution of thefts per hour can be approximated by a Poisson probability distribution.

a. Calculate the probability exactly four thefts occur in an hour.

b. What is the probability there are no thefts in an hour?

c. What is the probability there are at least 20 thefts in an hour?

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Basic Statistics For Business & Economics

ISBN: 9781259268939

6th Canadian Edition

Authors: Douglas A. Lind, William G Marchal, Samuel A. Wathen, Carol Ann Waite

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