Poisson Distribution, First chance of occuring on certain day?

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I have a Poisson distribution with λ = 10, which is the responses over 5 business days (Monday - Friday inclusive), with the probability constant through the week.

What would be the probability the first response comes on Tuesday? I am thinking since all events are independent and the probability is constant on every day, it would just be Poisson distribution of P(X=1).

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HINT: If I understand correctly, I would say that

X ~ number of events per business day (integer random variable $\ge 0$, Poisson distribution with the parameter $\lambda_1=\lambda/5$).

Then

  • P(X=0) = the probability no event on Monday,

  • P(X>=1) = the probability on Tuesday at least one event.

This must be true at one stroke.