Applied Statistics in Business and Economics
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ISBN: 9780077837303
Author: David Doane, Lori Seward Senior Instructor of Operations Management
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6.5, Problem 43SE
(a)
To determine
Find the expected number letters with incorrect postage.
(b)
To determine
Find the standard deviation.
(c)
To determine
Find the approximate
(d)
To determine
Find the approximate probability for fewer than 5 letters have incorrect postages.
(e)
To determine
Check whether the Poisson approximation justified or not.
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