The number of clients arriving at a bank machine is Poisson distributed with an average of 2 per minute. What is the probability that no more than 2 customers will arrive in a 5-minute period? A. 0.0028 B. 0.1353 C. 0.6767 D. 0.0005 E. 0.1246
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