The number of traffic accidents per day on a certain section of highway is thought to be Poisson distributed with a mean

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The number of traffic accidents per day on a certain section of highway is thought to be Poisson distributed with a mean

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The number of traffic accidents per day on a certain section of
highway is thought to be Poisson distributed with a mean equal to
2.19. Assume accidents are independent. Based on this, how many
traffic accidents should be expected during a period of one
week?
approximately 12.21
approximately 10.36
10.95
15.33
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