A company that bakes chocolate chip cookies averages 5.2 chocolate chips per cookie. Assume that the number of chocolate chips per cookie follows the Poisson distribution. What is the probability that a randomly selected cookie will contain one or two chocolate chips?
A)0.0596
B)0.1697
C)0.1033
D)0.2020

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The probability of a Poisson distribution with λ = 5.2 for 1 or 2 chips is calculated as P(X=1) + P(X=2) = (e^(-5.2) * 5.2^1 / 1!) + (e^(-5.2) * 5.2^2 / 2!) = 0.1033.

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