Damaging earthquakes in an area occur following a Poisson probability mass function. In the past 100 years, there have been 11 such damaging earthquakes in the area. (a) Compute the probability that in the next 10 years, there will not be any such earthquakes in the area. (b) If such an earthquake occurs, there is a 0.02 probability that a bridge located in the area will be damaged. Compute the probability of damage to the bridge because of probable earthquakes in the next 10 years.

Damaging earthquakes in an area occur following a Poisson probability mass function. In the past 100 years, there have been 11 such damaging earthquakes in the area. (a) Compute the probability that in the next 10 years, there will not be any such earthquakes in the area. (b) If such an earthquake occurs, there is a 0.02 probability that a bridge located in the area will be damaged. Compute the probability of damage to the bridge because of probable earthquakes in the next 10 years.

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