Suppose that a certain bank returns bad checks at a Poisson rate of three per day. What is the probability that this bank returns at most four bad checks during the next two days?

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Suppose that a certain bank returns bad checks at a Poisson rate of three per day.
What is the probability that this bank returns at most four bad checks during the
next two days?
2=3₁2t=3(2)=6
i = 2
PCX ≤ 4) =
e² 2²
i !
P(X=0) + P(X=1) + P(X=2) + P(X= 3) + P(X=4)
=
= e 6°
o!
+
(
-66² +²6² +²²6²³² +0²6 64
-6.3
e
e
14
2!
3!
4!
24 ( 7 e 9+ (0 636) + (e ² 216) e-6 1296
+
24. 1
2.12
6.4
24
e-6 1296
168 € -6 126 6.432 4€ 6.864
24
+
24
24
24
= 1680-€ + 51840-6 34560² + 12960-²
24
24
+ 24
24
bloye
24
Transcribed Image Text:7. Suppose that a certain bank returns bad checks at a Poisson rate of three per day. What is the probability that this bank returns at most four bad checks during the next two days? 2=3₁2t=3(2)=6 i = 2 PCX ≤ 4) = e² 2² i ! P(X=0) + P(X=1) + P(X=2) + P(X= 3) + P(X=4) = = e 6° o! + ( -66² +²6² +²²6²³² +0²6 64 -6.3 e e 14 2! 3! 4! 24 ( 7 e 9+ (0 636) + (e ² 216) e-6 1296 + 24. 1 2.12 6.4 24 e-6 1296 168 € -6 126 6.432 4€ 6.864 24 + 24 24 24 = 1680-€ + 51840-6 34560² + 12960-² 24 24 + 24 24 bloye 24
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