Service Times at a Doctor's Office Take an Average of 40

question 52

Multiple Choice

Service times at a doctor's office take an average of 40 minutes. It seems likely that service times follow an exponential distribution. In a simulation, what formula would you use to estimate how long the next service will take?

• A) = 40 + (40 − 0) × RAND()
• B) = NORM.INV(RAND(),40,4)
• C) = NORM.INV(RAND(),40,0)
• D) = − 40 × LN(RAND())
• E) = 40 × LN(RAND())

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