Calculate P{}

This routine compares Poisson and Bernoulli (Binomial) distributions.

Find P{exactly k successes in n trials}
given that P{1 success in 1 trial} = p.
p= 0.3 Lambda = n*p = the mean
n= 5 Try p = 0.4, n=5, k=2
k= 2 Try p = 0.04, n=50, k=2
Results:
Bernoulli 0.3087
Poisson 0.251021 .>..>.. useful when p is small and n is large

Formulae:
BINOMDIST(k,p,n,FALSE)
POISSON(k,n*p,FALSE)

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 Bernoulli

Generate a string of 20 String:

Binomially-distributed random variables based on p,n and k: 0
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p= 0.3 2
n= 5 4
k= 2 1
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