Men, women and children make purchases at a counter in a shop according to independent Poisson processes with rates 10, 12 and 4 purchases per hour respectively. If the store opens at 9am, find an expression for the probability that exactly 30 purchases have been made by noon. Given that 30 purchases have been made by noon, find an expression for the probability that equal numbers of men, women and children made the purchases.


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