Requests for a chat with a customer service representative on MaxTrend.com's website conform roughly to the Poisson conditions.The average number of requests is six per hour.The probability is approximately 6% that fewer than what number of requests will be made in the next hour.
A)5
B)2
C)9
D)4
E)3

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The Poisson distribution is used to model the number of events in a fixed interval of time. Given an average rate (λ) of 6 requests per hour, we calculate the probability of fewer than a certain number of requests. For fewer than 3 requests, the cumulative probability is approximately 6%.

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