There are three highways in the county. The number of

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There are three highways in the county. The number of daily accidents that occur on these highways are Poisson random variables with respective parameters .3, .5, and .7. Find the expected number of accidents that will happen on any of these highways today.

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QUESTION:

There are three highways in the county. The number of daily accidents that occur on these highways are Poisson random variables with respective parameters .3, .5, and .7. Find the expected number of accidents that will happen on any of these highways today.

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Given that there are 3 highways in the country.

Given the poisson parameters 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7.

We need to find the expected number of accidents that will happen on any of these highways today.  

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