During peak business hours, 10am-2pm, a local flower shop receives orders at an averagerate of 4 per hour.(a) Find the probability that the shop will receive exactly 3 orders between 1:15pmand 1:40pm.(b) If the shop receives an order at 10am, then at what time will there be a 75% chancethat at least one additional order has been recieved since 10am?

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During peak business hours, 10am-2pm, a local flower shop receives orders at an average
rate of 4 per hour.
(a) Find the probability that the shop will receive exactly 3 orders between 1:15pm
and 1:40pm.
(b) If the shop receives an order at 10am, then at what time will there be a 75% chance
that at least one additional order has been recieved since 10am?

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