If a random variable X following Poisson distribution has expectation λ, then which of the following statements is true?

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A random variable X is given that follows a Poisson distribution with parameter λ, which represents the expected number of events in an interval. The probability mass function (PMF) of a Poisson-distributed random variable is given as follows: for k = 0, 1, 2, ...
Therefore, we can write: and 
Taking the ratio of these two probabilities, we have: 



Rearranging the above equation gives us the relation between the two probabilities: 

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