In a certain industrial facility, accidents occur infrequently. It is known that the probability of an accident on any given day is 0.007 and accidents are independent of each other. i. What is the probability that in any given period of 300 days there will be an accident on one day? Using part (i), calculate approximately the number of accidents in the given period of 300 days, ii. What is the probability that there are at most three days with an accident?

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In a certain industrial facility, accidents occur infrequently. It is known that the probability
of an accident on any given day is 0.007 and accidents are independent of each other.
i.
What is the probability that in any given period of 300 days there will be an accident
on one day?
Using part (i), calculate approximately the number of accidents in the given period
of 300 days,
ii.
iii.
What is the probability that there are at most three days with an accident?
Transcribed Image Text:Q3. In a certain industrial facility, accidents occur infrequently. It is known that the probability of an accident on any given day is 0.007 and accidents are independent of each other. i. What is the probability that in any given period of 300 days there will be an accident on one day? Using part (i), calculate approximately the number of accidents in the given period of 300 days, ii. iii. What is the probability that there are at most three days with an accident?
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