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= Solution

Conditionally on $X_t=n$, the $n$ arrival times are the order statistics of independent $\operatorname{Unif}[0,t]$ variables. For $n\geq1$, the last jump occurs before $3t/4$ exactly when every point lies before that time, so the probability is
$$
\left(\frac34\right)^n.
$$
The number falling in $(t/4,3t/4)$ is therefore
$$
\boxed{\operatorname{Binomial}\left(n,\frac12\right).}
$$

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