radio call-in talk show has found that its switchboard receives an average of 72 calls during the 1-hour broadcast. a) What is the probability that there will be fewer than 5 calls during a 10-minute period? Compute four decimal places b) What is the probability that there will be more than 2 calls during a 4-minute period? Compute four decimal places

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A radio call-in talk show has found that its switchboard receives an average of 72 calls during the 1-hour broadcast.

a) What is the probability that there will be fewer than 5 calls during a 10-minute period? Compute four decimal places

b) What is the probability that there will be more than 2 calls during a 4-minute period? Compute four decimal places 

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