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The number of bacterial colonies of a certain type in samples of polluted water has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 3 per cubic centimeter (cm3). (a) If five 1 cm3 samples are independently selected from this water, find the probability that at least one sample will contain one or more bacterial colonies. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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Answer:

[tex]P(X\geq 1)= 1 - 0.0497 8 =0.95022[/tex]            

Step-by-step explanation:

Step(i):-

Let 'X' be the random variable in Poisson distribution

Mean of the Poisson distribution λ or ∝ = 3 per  (cm³)

Given n = 5 samples

[tex]P(X=r) = \frac{e^{-\alpha }\alpha ^{r} }{r!}[/tex]

Step(ii):-

The probability that at least one sample will contain one or more bacterial colonies

P(X≥1)    = 1-P(X< 1)

             = 1 - P( X=0)

[tex]P(X\geq 1)= 1 - \frac{e^{-\alpha }\alpha ^{r} }{r!}[/tex]

[tex]P(X\geq 1)= 1 - \frac{e^{-3 }3 ^{0} }{0!}[/tex]

[tex]P(X\geq 1)= 1 - 0.0497 8 =0.95022[/tex]            

                     

                                 

         

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