Question about poisson and probability/exponential distribution

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I'm a little confused about this question I was given:

"Calls arrive at a tech support center with a mean of 4 per hour. Assuming the number of calls received in 1hr is described by a Poisson distribution, find the probability that there is more than 20 min between the arrivals of randomly selected successive calls.

λ = 4, but since it is exponential, it is 1/4. The formula I think I need is \int_0^w \lambda e^{-\lambda t} dt

◂∫▸ ∫ 0 w λ ⁢ ◂◽˙▸ e − λ ⁢ t d ⁣ t

but I cant figure out what my w should be.

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Call $X=\text{number of calls per twenty minutes}$. That $X$ is Poisson-distributed with $\lambda=4/3$. Compute $P(X=0)$.