At Joe's Pool Hall They Rent Tables by the Hour

question 76

Essay

At Joe's Pool Hall they rent tables by the hour and also rent Balabushka pool cues for purists that can't afford their own. The rental process for these cues is exhaustive and takes an hour and a half for each application. There are three leasing agents that conduct these interviews, and on average, it is one hour between customer arrivals.
-On average, how busy are the servers and how likely is it that they have nothing to do?

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Definitions:

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Milgram Experiments

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