The number of visible defects on a product container is thought to be Poisson distributed with a mean equal to 3.5. Based on this, how many defects should be expected if 3 containers are inspected?
A) 10.5
B) Approximately 3.24
C) Between 4 and 7
D) 3.5

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The expected number of defects for 3 containers is 3 times the mean number of defects per container, which is 3.5. Therefore, 3 * 3.5 = 10.5 defects are expected.

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