The Arrival of Customers at a Service Desk Follows a Poisson

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Essay

The arrival of customers at a service desk follows a Poisson distribution. If they arrive at a rate of four every five minutes, what is the probability that more than four customers arrive in a five-minute period?

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Definitions:

United States

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