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4.6 Exercise 14

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On May 13, 2013, starting at 4:30 p.m., the probability of low seismic activity for the next 48 hours in Alaska was reported as about 1.02 percent. Use this information for the next 200 days to find the probability that there will be low seismic activity in 10 of the next 200 days. Use both the binomial and Poisson distributions to calculate the probabilities. Are they close?

OpenStax Statistics, 4.6 Poisson Distribution (Optional), exercise 14

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