20 - The birth rate in a hospital is given to match the Poisson distribution with an average of 1.2 per hour. What is the probability of less than two births in a given two hours at this hospital? A) 0.6916 B) 0.3084 C) 0.2613 D) 0.2177 E) 0.4790

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20 - The birth rate in a hospital is given to match the Poisson distribution with an average of 1.2 per hour. What is the probability of less than two births in a given two hours at this hospital?
A) 0.6916


B) 0.3084


C) 0.2613


D) 0.2177


E) 0.4790

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