In a Factory, Machines Breakdown at an Average of 6

question 105

Short Answer

In a factory, machines breakdown at an average of 6 machines per hour according to a Poisson distribution. The time a repair person takes to repair the machine is not defined by any probability distribution, but has a mean of 8 minutes and a standard deviation of 3 minutes.
-On average, how long will a machine have to wait before it is fixed?

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