# The number of complaints which a bank manager receives per day follows a Poisson distribution with parameter m = 4. Find the probability that the manager receives only two complaints on a given day - Mathematics and Statistics

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The number of complaints which a bank manager receives per day follows a Poisson distribution with parameter m = 4. Find the probability that the manager receives only two complaints on a given day

#### Solution

Let X denote the number of complaints which a bank manager receives per day.
Given, m = 4 and e–4 = 0.0183
∴ X ∼ P(m) = X ∼ p(4)
The p.m.f. of X is given by

P(X = x) = ("e"^-"m" "m"^x)/(x!)

∴ P(X = x) ("e"^-4(4)^x)/(x!), x = 0, 1, 2,...

P(only two complaints on a given day)
= P(X = 2)

= ("e"^-4 (4)^2)/(2!)

= (0.0183 xx 16)/(2)

= 0.1464

Concept: Poisson Distribution
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Balbharati Mathematics and Statistics 2 (Commerce) 12th Standard HSC Maharashtra State Board
Chapter 8 Probability Distributions
Exercise 8.4 | Q 1.04 | Page 152