Exhibit 13.3 The Following Questions Refer to the Information Below

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Exhibit 13.3
The following questions refer to the information below.
A company has recorded the following customer inter-arrival times and service times for 10 customers at one of its single teller service lines. Assume the data are exponentially distributed and the 10 data points represent a reasonable sample.
-Refer to Exhibit 13.3. What is the average number of customers in the system?

Explain the conditions necessary for price discrimination and its impact on market outcomes.

Identify and describe the characteristics of industries classified under monopolistic competition.

Recognize the strategies monopolistic competitors use to differentiate their products and attract consumers.

Analyze the long-term economic implications for firms operating in a monopolistic competition, including the role of economic profits and losses.

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