A Manager Is Simulating the Number of Times a Machine

question 76

Multiple Choice

A manager is simulating the number of times a machine operator stops a machine to make adjustments. After careful study the manager found that the number of stops ranged from one to five per cycle and that each number of stops was equally likely. Using the random numbers 0.1835 and 0.3094 (in that order) , the next two simulated cycles would respectively have stops for adjustment of:

• A) 2 and 2.
• B) 1 and 2.
• C) 2 and 1.
• D) 1 and 1.
• E) 2 and 3.

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