The average number of wind turbines at the vast Kindler Range Wind Farm that malfunction and need repair is 2.3 per day.Assume that all the Poisson conditions are met.Letting x represent values of the random variable "number of turbines that malfunction during any one day," what is the expected value of x?
A)4.2
B)3.6
C)1.9
D)2.9
E)2.3

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The expected value of x in a Poisson distribution is equal to the average rate (λ), which in this case is 2.3 turbines per day.

The Average Number of Wind Turbines at the Vast Kindler