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The number of knots in a particular type of wood has a
Chapter 3, Problem 131E(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 131E
The number of knots in a particular type of wood has a Poisson distribution with an average of 1.5 knots in 10 cubic feet of the wood. Find the probability that a 10-cubic-foot block of the wood has at most 1 knot.
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QUESTION:
Problem 131E
The number of knots in a particular type of wood has a Poisson distribution with an average of 1.5 knots in 10 cubic feet of the wood. Find the probability that a 10-cubic-foot block of the wood has at most 1 knot.
ANSWER:
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Step 1 of 1:
The number of knots in a particular type of wood has a Poisson distribution with an average of of the wood.
We need to find the probability that a block of wood has at most
Let the random variable is a number of knots in the wood.
We have given that the follows a Poisson distribution.