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A book contains 600 typographic errors in its 600 pages. These typo errors occur completely at random. Using the Poisson distribution, the probability, that a page contains no error, is :

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MH SET 2021 Paper 2 Mathematical Science Question Paper (26-Sep-2021)
The correct answer is

0.37

For random, independent events the number of errors per page follows a Poisson distribution \(P(k)=\frac{\lambda^k e^{-\lambda}}{k!}\), where \(\lambda\) is the mean number per page.

Mean errors per page: \(\lambda=\frac{600}{600}=1\).

Probability of no error: \(P(0)=\frac{1^0e^{-1}}{0!}=e^{-1}\approx 0.3679\).

Hence, the answer is 0.37.

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