Patients arrive at a hospital Accident and Emergency department at random at a rate of 6 per hour. Find the probability that during any 90 minute period, the number of patients arriving at the hospital Accident and Emergency department is Exactly 7   At least 1

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Patients arrive at a hospital Accident and Emergency department at random at a rate of 6 per hour. Find the probability that during any 90 minute period, the number of patients arriving at the hospital Accident and Emergency department is

  1. Exactly 7

 

  1. At least 1 

 

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