Applied Statistics in Business and Economics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780077837303
Author: David Doane, Lori Seward Senior Instructor of Operations Management
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 93CE
(a)
To determine
Find the expected number of twin births.
(b)
To determine
Find the probability for no twin birth.
(c)
To determine
Find the probability for one twin birth.
(d)
To determine
Find the probability values for the no twin birth and one twin birth by with and without approximation.
(e)
To determine
Check whether the Poisson approximation justified or not.
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