Answer:$9.49
Step-by-step explanation:
8.95×.61=5.4595
8.95×.45=4.0275
5.4595+4.0275= 9.49(rounded answer)
We should first calculate the average number of checks he wrote
per day. To do that, divide 169 by 365 (the number of days in a year) and you get (rounded) 0.463. This will be λ in our Poisson distribution. Our formula is

. We want to evaluate this formula for X≥1, so first we must evaluate our case at k=0.

To find P(X≥1), we find 1-P(X<1). Since the author cannot write a negative number of checks, this means we are finding 1-P(X=0). Therefore we have 1-0.3706=0.6294.
There is a 63% chance that the author will write a check on any given day in the year.<em />