A Distribution of Service Times at a Waiting Line Shows

question 37

Essay

A distribution of service times at a waiting line shows that service takes 6 minutes 40 percent of the time, 7 minutes 30 percent of the time, 8 minutes 20 percent of the time, and 9 minutes 10 percent of the time. Prepare the probability distribution, the cumulative probability distribution, and the random number intervals for this problem. The first five random numbers are 37, 69, 53, 80, and 60. What is the average service time of this simulation run?

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