Compute Probabilities of a Poisson Random Variable

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Compute Probabilities of a Poisson Random Variable
-Suppose the number of babies born during an eight-hour shift at a hospital s maternity wing follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 4 an hour. Find the probability that exactly five babies are born during a randomly selected hour.

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