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<b>2.</b> Suppose $p$ is the number of cars per minute passing through a certain road junction between 5 PM and 6 PM, and $p$ has a Poisson distribution with mean 3. What is the probability of observing fewer than 3 cars during any given minute in this interval?
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Suppose <math>p</math> is the number of cars per minute passing through a certain road junction between 5 PM and 6 PM, and <math>p</math> has a Poisson distribution with mean 3. What is the probability of observing fewer than 3 cars during any given minute in this interval?
  
 
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Suppose <math>p</math> is the number of cars per minute passing through a certain road junction between 5 PM and 6 PM, and <math>p</math> has a Poisson distribution with mean 3. What is the probability of observing fewer than 3 cars during any given minute in this interval?

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<input type = "radio" name="2" value="A" onclick="handleOption(this);"> (A) $8/(2e^{3})$

<input type = "radio" name="2" value="B" onclick="handleOption(this);">(B) $9/(2e^{3})$

<input type = "radio" name="2" value="C" onclick="handleOption(this);"> (C) $17/(2e^{3})$

<input type = "radio" name="2" value="D" onclick="handleOption(this);"> (D) $26/(2e^{3})$


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Suppose <math>p</math> is the number of cars per minute passing through a certain road junction between 5 PM and 6 PM, and <math>p</math> has a Poisson distribution with mean 3. What is the probability of observing fewer than 3 cars during any given minute in this interval?

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<input type = "radio" name="2" value="A" onclick="handleOption(this);"> (A) $8/(2e^{3})$

<input type = "radio" name="2" value="B" onclick="handleOption(this);">(B) $9/(2e^{3})$

<input type = "radio" name="2" value="C" onclick="handleOption(this);"> (C) $17/(2e^{3})$

<input type = "radio" name="2" value="D" onclick="handleOption(this);"> (D) $26/(2e^{3})$


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