Suppose the number of hours that people spend watching TV each day follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2 hours. What is the probability that a randomly selected person spends more than 3 hours watching TV per day? If a group of 100 people is randomly selected, what is the probability that their average TV-watching time is between 1.8 and 2.2 hours per day?

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Suppose the number of hours that people spend watching TV each day follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2 hours. What is the probability that a randomly selected person spends more than 3 hours watching TV per day? If a group of 100 people is randomly selected, what is the probability that their average TV-watching time is between 1.8 and 2.2 hours per day?
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