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Let X follow Poisson distribution with λ = a and Y follow Poisson distribution with λ...

Let X follow Poisson distribution with λ = a and Y follow Poisson distribution with λ = b. X and Y are independent. Define a new random variable as Z=X+Y. Find P(Z=k).

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