The number of customers arriving per hour at a certain automobile service facility is assumed to follow a Poisson distribution with mean λ = 7. ​(a) Compute the probability that more than 12 customers will arrive in a 2-hour period. ​(b) What is the mean number of arrivals during a 2-hour period.

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The number of customers arriving per hour at a certain automobile service facility is assumed to follow a Poisson distribution with mean λ = 7.

​(a) Compute the probability that more than 12 customers will arrive in a 2-hour period.

​(b) What is the mean number of arrivals during a 2-hour period.

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