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Calculate the probability that exactly 4 thefts occur in an hour.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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Crime reports from 2019 indicate that 6.2 motor vehicle thefts occur each hour in the United States. Assume that the distribution of thefts per hour can be approximated by the Poisson probability distribution.
Calculate the probability that exactly 4 thefts occur in an hour.

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