A street noodle vendor in Singapore can service an average of 10 customers per hour. Given an average arrival rate of 8 customers per hour, use the Poisson distribution to calculate the probability that the vendor can handle the demand.
-What is the probability of having, at most, 10 customers arriving within 1 hour?
A)0.8159
B)0.2834
C)0.1841
D)0.7166
E)0.0993

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The probability of having at most 10 customers arriving within 1 hour can be calculated using the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the Poisson distribution with λ = 8. The CDF for k = 10 gives the probability of having 10 or fewer customers, which is approximately 0.8159.

A Street Noodle Vendor in Singapore Can Service an Average