The Eight Students in a Seminar Class Must Come to the Professor's

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Short Answer

The eight students in a seminar class must come to the professor's office to turn in a paper and give a five-minute oral summary.Assume there is a service rate of 10 per hour and adequate time is available for all.The arrival rate for each unit is five per hour.What is the probability there is no one in the office or waiting when you come?

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Definitions:

Malignant Cells

Abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably and can invade nearby tissues or spread to other parts of the body, forming a cancer.

Anchored

Fixed or firmly attached to a particular position, place, or belief system, preventing movement or change.

Centromere

The region on a chromosome where the two sister chromatids are joined and where the spindle fibers attach during cell division.

Chromatids

Each of the two threadlike strands into which a chromosome divides longitudinally during cell division. Each contains a double helix of DNA.