15) Suppose the number of babies born during an eight-hour shift at a hospital's maternity wing follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 3 an hour. Find the probability that exactly seven babies are born during a randomly selected hour.

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15) Suppose the number of babies born during an eight-hour shift at a hospital's maternity wing follows a Poisson
distribution with a mean of 3 an hour. Find the probability that exactly seven babies are born during a randomly selected
hour.
Transcribed Image Text:15) Suppose the number of babies born during an eight-hour shift at a hospital's maternity wing follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 3 an hour. Find the probability that exactly seven babies are born during a randomly selected hour.
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