Given a binomial distribution with n = 28 trials and p = 0.025, use the poisson approximation to the binomial to find., find

Given a binomial distribution with n = 28 trials and p = 0.025, use the poisson approximation to the binomial to find.

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Define the Binomial Distribution.

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Problem-43: Probability Distribution

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