A hospital switch board receives an average of 4 emergency calls in a 10 minute interval. What is the probability that (i) there are at the most 2 emergency calls in a 10 minute interval (ii) there are exactly 3 emergency calls in a 10-minute interval?

A hospital switch board receives an average of 4 emergency calls in a 10 minute interval. What is the probability that (i) there are at the most 2 emergency calls in a 10 minute interval (ii) there are exactly 3 emergency calls in a 10-minute interval?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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:A hospital switch board receives an average of 4 emergency calls in a
10 minute interval. What is the probability that (i) there are at the most 2
emergency calls in a 10 minute interval (ii) there are exactly 3 emergency calls
in a 10-minute interval?

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