Edexcel S2 2013 January — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2013
SessionJanuary
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeSingle period normal approximation

2. In a village, power cuts occur randomly at a rate of 3 per year.
  1. Find the probability that in any given year there will be
    1. exactly 7 power cuts,
    2. at least 4 power cuts.
  2. Use a suitable approximation to find the probability that in the next 10 years the number of power cuts will be less than 20