A cable manufacturing company notices their USB cables have flaws appearing at the rate of 1 flaw per 400 meters of cable, following a Poisson distribution. Suppose a sample of 1600 meters of cable is inspected. How likely are they to find zero flaws in their sample? Round your answer to three decimal places. Select the correct interpretation

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A cable manufacturing company notices their USB cables have flaws appearing at the rate of 1 flaw per 400 meters of cable, following a Poisson distribution. Suppose a sample of 1600 meters of cable is

inspected. How likely are they to find zero flaws in their sample? Round your answer to three decimal places. Select the correct interpretation. 

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