Customers Are Serviced at a Rate of Five Customers Per

question 39

Multiple Choice

Customers are serviced at a rate of five customers per hour according to an exponential distribution. What is the probability that customer service will require fewer than 20 minutes?

• A) less than or equal to 0.75
• B) greater than 0.75 but less than or equal to 0.80
• C) greater than 0.80 but less than or equal to 0.85
• D) greater than 0.85

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