9. (20 pts) Supposed that over a period of several years the average number of deaths...
9. (20 pts) Supposed that over a period of several years the average number of deaths from a certain noncontagious disease has been 4.
The number of deaths from this disease follows the Poisson distribution. (e-1 = 0.37, e-2 = 0.14, e-3 = 0.05, e-4 = 0.02, e-5 = 0.01)
(a) What is the expected value and variance of the random variable X?
(b) What is the probability that there will be no deaths from the disease?
(c) What is the probability that more than two people will die from the disease?
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