Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · The Poisson distribution

The Poisson distribution — practice question

On average, a certain gene occurs in 1 out of every 5000 people.
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Use a suitable approximating distribution to determine the probability that more than 2 people in a random sample of 15000 have the gene.

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