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Setler79 [48]
3 years ago
6

3.- In a certain desert region the average number of persons who become seriously ill each year from eating a certain poisonous

plant each year is 3.2, determine what is the probability that at least 5 people will become seriously ill in two years (hint: this is a rare event and can be modeled using a Poisson distribution)
Mathematics
2 answers:
Naily [24]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

P(X\geq 5)=1-P(X

Using the pmf we can find the individual probabilities like this:

P(X=0)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^0}{0!}=0.001662

P(X=1)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^1}{1!}=0.010634

P(X=2)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^2}{2!}=0.034029

P(X=3)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^3}{3!}=0.072595

P(X=4)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^4}{4!}=0.116151

And replacing we got:

P(X \geq 5) =0.76493

Step-by-step explanation:

Previous concepts

Let X the random variable that represent the number of people that will become sereiosly ill in two years. We know that X \sim Poisson(\lambda)

The probability mass function for the random variable is given by:

f(x)=\frac{e^{-\lambda} \lambda^x}{x!} , x=0,1,2,3,4,...

And f(x)=0 for other case.

For this case the value for \lambda would be:

\lambda = 3.2 \frac{ills}{year} *2 years = 6.4

For this distribution the expected value is the same parameter \lambda

E(X)=\mu =\lambda

On this case we are interested on the probability of having at least two chocolate chips, and using the complement rule we have this:

P(X\geq 5)=1-P(X

Using the pmf we can find the individual probabilities like this:

P(X=0)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^0}{0!}=0.001662

P(X=1)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^1}{1!}=0.010634

P(X=2)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^2}{2!}=0.034029

P(X=3)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^3}{3!}=0.072595

P(X=4)=\frac{e^{-6.4} 6.4^4}{4!}=0.116151

And replacing we got:

P(X \geq 5) =0.76493

vichka [17]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

<u>The probability that at least 5 people will become seriously ill in two years is</u><u> 0.7649.</u>

Step-by-step explanation:

The question mentions that this problem can be modeled using the Poisson distribution so, we will use the formula:

P(X=x) = [(e^-λt)*(λt^x)]/x!

where λ = average number of occurrences per year

           t = no. of years

           x = number of people

We need to determine P(X≥5) so first we will calculate the probabilities at X=0,1,2,3,4 and subtract them from the total probability i.e. 1 to find P(X≥5).

We have λ = 3.2, t=2 years hence λt = (3.2)(2) = 6.4. So,

P(X=0) = [(e^(-6.4)*(6.4^0)]/0! = 0.00166

P(X=1) = [(e^(-6.4)*(6.4^1)]/1! = 0.01063

P(X=2) = [(e^(-6.4)*(6.4^2)]/2! = 0.03403

P(X=3) = [(e^(-6.4)*(6.4^3)]/3! = 0.07259

P(X=4) = [(e^(-6.4)*(6.4^4)]/4! = 0.011615

<u>P(X≥5) = 1 - P(X<5)</u>

           = 1 - [P(X=0) + P(X=1) + P(X=2) + P(X=3) + P(X=4)]

           = 1 - (0.00166 + 0.01063 + 0.03403 + 0.07259 + 0.011615)

           = 1 - 0.23506

<u>P(X≥5) = 0.7649</u>

<u></u>

The probability that at least 5 people will become seriously ill in two years is <u>0.7649</u>.

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