Books from Sellsevere Press average 1 misprint every 4 pages. A new book coming out soon will have 200 pages. (a) What is the expected number of misprints in this book? (b) What is the expected number of misprints in Chapter 3, if this chapter has 15 pages? (c) What is the probability that the first 10 pages have at least one misprint? (d) What is the probability that the first 10 pages have exactly one misprint? (e) What is the probability that the pages 42 through 55 (inclusive) have no misprints?

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1. Books from Sellsevere Press average 1 misprint every 4 pages.
A new book coming out soon will have 200 pages.
(a) What is the expected number of misprints in this book?
(b) What is the expected number of misprints in Chapter 3, if this chapter has 15 pages?
(c) What is the probability that the first 10 pages have at least one misprint?
(d) What is the probability that the first 10 pages have exactly one misprint?
(e) What is the probability that the pages 42 through 55 (inclusive) have no misprints?

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