Question: For the following business situation please identify whether the probability distribution to be used to model the situation is Binomial, Poisson, or some other distribution

For the following business situation please identify whether the probability distribution to be used to model the situation is Binomial, Poisson, or some other distribution (you do not need to identify this if it is not Binomial or Poisson distribution) and for each situation justify why you chose the the probability distribution.(You are not required to solve these problems)

Telephone sales operators make on the average 1 call every 10 minutes.Recently, operators have become upset with their working conditions and you wonder if they are slowing down to retaliate.You observe one operator who has made no calls in the past 50 minutes.Assume that the average of 1 call every 10 minutes has not changed.What is the probability that no calls would have been made in the past 50 minutes. (Don't need to answer question only what distribution and why?)

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