Exhibit 13.1 The Following Questions Are Based on the Output Below

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Exhibit 13.1
The following questions are based on the output below.
A store currently operates its service system with 1 operator. Arrivals follow a Poisson distribution and service times are exponentially distributed. The following spreadsheet has been developed for the system.
-A renege refers to

• A) a customer who refuses to join the queue.
• B) a customer who refuses service by a specific server.
• C) a customer who joins the queue but leaves before service is complete.
• D) a customer who requires extra service time.

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