Introduction to Probability · Problem 5.1.20

Distributions and Densities — Grinstead & Snell

Mathematics — Probability · poisson-distribution

Problem

An advertiser drops 10,000 leaflets on a city which has 2000 blocks. Assume that each leaflet has an equal chance of landing on each block. What is the probability that a particular block will receive no leaflets?

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