Homicide Deaths In one year, there were 116 homicide deaths in Richmond, Virginia

(based on “A Classroom Note on the Poisson Distribution: A Model for Homicidal Deaths in Richmond, VA for 1991,” in Mathematics and Computer Education, by Winston A. Richards). For a randomly selected day, find the probability that the number of homicide deaths is

a. 0

b. 1

c. 2

d. 3

e. 4 Compare the calculated probabilities to these actual results: 268 days (no homicides);

79 days (1 homicide); 17 days (2 homicides); 1 day (3 homicides); no days with more than 3 homicides.