The number of accidents that occur on a specific portion of the A expressway in a month follows the poisson distribution with a mean of 5.8. What is the probability of observing exactly 10 accidents on this stretch of the A expressway in the next two months?

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The number of accidents that occur on a specific portion of the A expressway in a month follows the poisson distribution with a mean of 5.8. What is the probability of observing exactly 10 accidents on this stretch of the A expressway in the next two months?
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