Poisson Distribution and Chebyshev's Inequality

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Homework Statement



LEt X have a Poisson distribution with u=100. Use Chebyshev's inequality to determine a lower bound for P(75<x<125)


Homework Equations



Chebyshev's Inequality.

The Attempt at a Solution



I'm really unsure of how to go about calculating this problem. Any help would be appreciated.
 
Here's a hint:
[tex]P( 75 < x < 100 ) = P( x < 100 ) - P( x \leq 75 )[/tex]. Chebyshev is more directly applicable at this point.
 

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