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A certain region of a country is,on average, hit by 9 hurricanes ayear. (a) What is the probabilitythat the region will be hit byfewer than 8 hurricanes in agiven year? (b) What is theprobability that the region will behit by anywhere from 6 to 10hurricanes in a given year?
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