Table 14-3 A Pawn Shop in Arlington, Texas, Has a Drive-Through Window

question 33

Multiple Choice

Table 14-3
A pawn shop in Arlington, Texas, has a drive-through window to better serve customers. The following tables provide information about the time between arrivals and the service times required at the window on a particularly busy day of the week. All times are in minutes. The first random number generated for arrivals is used to tell when the first customer arrives after opening.
-According to Table 14-3, the time between successive arrivals is 1, 2, 3, or 4 minutes. The store opens at 8:00 a.m., and random numbers are used to generate arrivals and service times. The first random number to generate an arrival is 39, while the first service time is generated by the random number 94. What time would the first customer finish transacting business?

• A) 8:03
• B) 8:04
• C) 8:05
• D) 8:06
• E) None of the above

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