Edexcel S2 2001 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2001
SessionJune
TopicPoisson Distribution
TypeMultiple independent time periods

2. On a stretch of motorway accidents occur at a rate of 0.9 per month.
  1. Show that the probability of no accidents in the next month is 0.407 , to 3 significant figures. Find the probability of
  2. exactly 2 accidents in the next 6 month period,
  3. no accidents in exactly 2 of the next 4 months.