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

question 58

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, the random number 0.7588 is generated. How long it will be until the next simulated arrival occurs?

• A) 1 minute
• B) 6 minutes
• C) 11 minutes
• D) 16 minutes
• E) 21 minutes

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