Question: Buses arrive at a bus stop according to a Poisson process, and on average, 1 bus arrives every 1 0 minutes. Answer the following questions.

Buses arrive at a bus stop according to a Poisson process, and on average, 1 bus arrives every 10 minutes. Answer the following questions. (You need to write down the formulas you will use when answering. Also, you need to use appropriate terminology and symbols. Write at least 4 digits after the comma.)
(a)(10 points) What is the probability of at most 3 buses arriving at the bus stop within 1 hour?
(b)(10 points) What is the probability that the time until the arrival of the 4th bus exceeds 1.5 hours?

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