Continuing the IRS audit example with X ~ P(2), what is P(x≥3), the probability that at least three of the 100 taxpayers are audited?
A0.1353
B0.6767
C0.3233
D0.1804
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 0.3233
1. P(x≥3) is the complement of P(x≤2), so P(x≥3) = 1 - P(x≤2).
2. Summing the Poisson pmf for x = 0, 1, and 2 with μ = 2 gives P(x≤2) ≈ 0.6767.
3. So P(x≥3) = 1 - 0.6767 ≈ 0.3233.
4. Option B is P(x≤2) itself, the complement of the value asked for, not the answer.
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 "Discrete Random Variables", section 4.6 Poisson Distribution_
Keep practising Discrete Random Variables
Browse all Discrete Random Variables questions for AP Statistics, or explore more Statistics topics.
Related questions
An email user receives 147 emails per day on average, so X ~ P(147). What is the standard A bakery puts an average of 12 loaves of bread on its shelf every 30 minutes. What is the Which three conditions define a geometric experiment?In the notation used for a discrete random variable, what does a lower case letter such as