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AP EAMCET · Maths · Probability

Suppose that a book of 600 pages contains 40 print mistakes. Assume that these errors are randomly distributed throughout the book and the number of errors per page follows a Poisson distribution. The probability that all the 10 pages selected at random with no print mistakes is

  1. A \(\frac{1}{3} e^{-1}\)
  2. B \(2 e^{-1 / 3}\)
  3. C \(e^{-2 / 3}\)
  4. D \(\frac{1}{3} e^{-2}\)
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(C) \(e^{-2 / 3}\)

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Assuming errors are randomly distributed throughout the book and \(x\), the number of errors per page has a poisson distribution \(P(X=x)=\frac{e^{-\lambda} \lambda^x}{x !}(x=0,1,2, \ldots\). Probability of mistakes \(=\frac{40}{600}=\frac{1}{15}\) Mean…