If the number of hurricanes that hit a certain area of the eastern United States per year is a random variable having a Poisson distribution with µ = 8, find the probability that this area will be hit by (a) exactly 7 hurricanes in 2 years; (b) at most 10 hurricanes in 2 years.

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If the number of hurricanes that hit a certain area of the eastern United States per year is a
random variable having a Poisson distribution with µ = 8, find the probability that this area will be hit by
(a) exactly 7 hurricanes in 2 years; (b) at most 10 hurricanes in 2 years.
Transcribed Image Text:If the number of hurricanes that hit a certain area of the eastern United States per year is a random variable having a Poisson distribution with µ = 8, find the probability that this area will be hit by (a) exactly 7 hurricanes in 2 years; (b) at most 10 hurricanes in 2 years.
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