The owner of a tree farm specializes in growing pine trees. They are grown in rows of 50 trees and the owner has found on the average, about 4 trees per row will not be suitable to sell. Assuming that the Poisson distribution is applicable here, find the probability that a row of tree selected for shipment will contain 2 unsaleable trees.
The owner of a tree farm specializes in growing pine trees. They are grown in rows of 50 trees and the owner has found on the average, about 4 trees per row will not be suitable to sell. Assuming that the Poisson distribution is applicable here, find the probability that a row of tree selected for shipment will contain 2 unsaleable trees.
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4. The owner of a tree farm specializes in growing pine trees. They are grown in rows of
50 trees and the owner has found on the average, about 4 trees per row will not be
suitable to sell. Assuming that the Poisson distribution is applicable here, find the
probability that a row of tree selected for shipment will contain 2 unsaleable trees.
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