Consider a Poisson distribution with an average of 3 customers per minute at the local grocery store. Determine the expected number of customer arrivals for a five-minute period. (hint: this is the u) If X = the number of arrivals per minute: Find the probability of 10 customers or less arriving within a minute. Find the probability of more than 7 customers arriving within a minute.

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Consider a Poisson distribution with an average of 3 customers per minute at the local grocery store.

    1. Determine the expected number of customer arrivals for a five-minute period. (hint: this is the u)
    2. If X = the number of arrivals per minute:
      Find the probability of 10 customers or less arriving within a minute.
    3. Find the probability of more than 7 customers arriving within a minute. 
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