Table 13-3 A Pharmacy Is Considering Hiring Another Pharmacist to Better Serve

question 33

Multiple Choice

Table 13-3
A pharmacy is considering hiring another pharmacist to better serve customers.To help analyze this situation, records are kept to determine how many customers will arrive in any 10-minute interval.Based on 100 ten-minute intervals, the following probability distribution has been developed and random numbers assigned to each event.

-According to Table 13-3, the number of arrivals in any 10-minute period is between 6 and 10 inclusive.Suppose the next 3 random numbers were 02, 81, and 18.These numbers are used to simulate arrivals into the pharmacy.What would the average number of arrivals per 10-minute period be based on this set of occurrences?

• A)6
• B)7
• C)8

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