The university police department must write, on average, five tickets per day to keep department revenues atbudgeted levels. Suppose the number of tickets written per day follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of9.6 tickets per day. Find the probability that less than six tickets are written on a randomly selected day fromthis distribution.
A) 0.083815
B) 0.157447
C) 0.916185
D) 0.842553

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The probability of less than six tickets being written can be calculated using the Poisson distribution formula. For a mean (λ) of 9.6, the probability of getting 0 to 5 tickets is approximately 0.083815.

The University Police Department Must Write, on Average, Five Tickets