Hospital administrators in large cities anguish about problems with traffic in emergency rooms in hospitals. For a

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Hospital administrators in large cities anguish about problems with traffic in emergency rooms in hospitals. For a particular hospital in a large city, the staff on hand cannot accommodate the patient traffic if there are more than 10 emergency cases in a given hour. It is assumed that patient arrival follows a Poisson process and historical data suggest that, on the average, 5 emergencies arrive per hour.

(a) What is the probability that in a given hour the staff can no longer accommodate the traffic?

(b) What is the probability that more than 20 emergencies arrive during a 3-hour shift of personnel?

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