Poisson distribution with mean

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Suppose that the number of babies born during an hour at a hospital's maternity wing follows a Poisson distribution with a mean of 4 per hour. Find the probability that exactly four babies are born during a randomly selected hour.

(Hint: λ = 4 in this case. Use the formula for Poisson distribution)

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