Historical records of managers of a fast food suggest that they have an average of 3 customers per hour who pay using credit card and that this average is the same for every hour of operation of the fast food. It is of interest to the managers to compute certain probabilities given these data. 1.Which of the following discrete probability distribution must managers use? 2. What is the probability that there will be exactly 4 customers paying with credit card in the next hour?

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Historical records of managers of a fast food suggest that they have an average of 3 customers per hour who pay using credit card and that this average is the same for every hour of operation of the fast food. It is of interest to the managers to compute certain probabilities given these data. 1.Which of the following discrete probability distribution must managers use? 2. What is the probability that there will be exactly 4 customers paying with credit card in the next hour?
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