Exponential DistributionsCustomer service time The mean

Chapter 8, Problem 35E

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Problem 35E

Exponential Distributions

Customer service time The mean waiting time to get served after walking into a bakery is 30 seconds. Assume that an expo-nential density function describes the waiting times.

a. What is the probability a customer waits 15 seconds or less?

b. What is the probability a customer waits longer than one minute?

c. What is the probability a customer waits exactly 5 minutes?

d. If 200 customers come to the bakery in a day, how many are likely to be served within three minutes?

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