The monthly worldwide average number of air- plane crashes of commercial airlines is 3.5. What is the probability that there will be (a) at least 2 such accidents in the next month?
(b) at most 1 accident in the next month?

The probability that there will be

(a) at least 2 such accidents in the next month?

= 0.864

(b) at most 1 accident in the next month?

= 0.136

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a Poisson Distribution question.

The formula is given as:

For X = x ,

= λ^x × e^-λ/x!

The monthly worldwide average number of air- plane crashes of commercial airlines is 3.5. What is the probability that there will be

(a) at least 2 such accidents in the next month?

= λ^x × e^-λ/x!

λ = 3.5

x = at least 2 such accidents

x ≥ 2

= 1 - [P(x = 0) + P(x = 1)]

= 1 - [(3.5^0 × e^-3.5/0!)+ (3.5^1 × e^-3.5/1!)]

= 1 - [ 1 × 0.0301973834 + 3.5 × 0.0301973834]

1 - [ 0.0301973834+ 0.105690842]

= 0.8641117746

≈ 0.864

(b) at most 1 accident in the next month?

= λ^x × e^-λ/x!

λ = 3.5

x = at most 1 such accidents

x ≤ 1

= [P(x = 0) + P(x = 1)]

= [(3.5^0 × e^-3.5/0!)+ (3.5^1 × e^-3.5/1!)]

= [ (1 × 0.0301973834) + (3.5 × 0.0301973834)]

[ 0.0301973834+ 0.105690842]

= 0.1358882254

≈ 0.136

answer: i'm not sure

step-by-step explanation:

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.