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In a 10 years period the number of earthquakes registering at least 2.5 on the Richter Scale and having an epicenter within 40 miles of a city center follows a Poisson distribution with mean 20.  Use the normal approximation to the Poisson distribution to compute  the probability that at least 23 such earthquakes will strike next decade. This probability is: 

 (Hint: You should correct for continuity).

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