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Transcribed Image Text:Prove the reproductive property of independent Poisson RVs. Hence find the
probability of 5 or more telephone calls arriving in a 9 min period in a college.
switch-board, if the telephone calls that are received at the rate of 2 every 3 min
follow a Poisson distribution.
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