More than 50 million guests stay at bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) each year. The website for the Bed and Breakfast Inns of North America, which averages five visitors per minute, enables many B&Bs to attract guests (Time, September 2001). Compute the probability of no website visitors in a one-minute period. (a) 0.0013

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More than 50 million guests stay at bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) each year. The
website for the Bed and Breakfast Inns of North America, which averages five
visitors per minute, enables many B&Bs to attract guests (Time, September 2001).
Compute the probability of no website visitors in a one-minute period.
(a) 0.0013
(b) 0.0045
(c) 0.0067
(d) 0.0089
(e) None of the above

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