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A certain kind of sheet metal has, on average, 9 defects per 14 square feet. Assuming a Poisson distribution, find the probability that a 25 square foot metal sheet has at least 14 defects. Round your answer to four decimals.

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Let X= the number of defects: X\sim Po(\lambda).


P(X=k)=\dfrac{e^{-\lambda}(\lambda)^k}{k!}

Given \lambda=\dfrac{25}{14}\cdot 9\approx16.07143


P(X\ge14)=1-P(X<14)

=1-P(X=0)-P(X=1)-P(X=2)

-P(X=3)-P(X=4)-P(X=5)

-P(X=6)-P(X=7)-P(X=8)

-P(X=9)-P(X=10)-P(X=11)

-P(X=12)-P(X=13)\approx0.3609

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