Information regarding poisson random variable

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The number of messages sent to a computer bulletin board is a Poisson random variable with a mean of 5 messages per hour.

a) What is the probability that 5 messages are received in 1 hour?

b) What is the probability that 10 messages are received in 1.5 hours?

c) What is the probability that fewer than 2 messages are received in 1.5 hours?

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