A Small Popular Restaurant at an Interstate Truck Stop Provides

question 45

Multiple Choice

A small popular restaurant at an interstate truck stop provides priority service to truckers. The restaurant has ten tables where customers may be seated. The service time averages 40 minutes once a party is seated. The customer arrival rate is 12 parties per hour, with the parties being equally divided between truckers and non-truckers.
On average, how many parties of non-truckers are waiting to be seated?

• A) 0.27.
• B) 0.52.
• C) 0.88.
• D) 1.36.
• E) 1.75.

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Definitions:

Molecular Formula

A notation that indicates the number and type of atoms in a molecule but not their structural arrangement.

Elements of Unsaturation

A measure used in organic chemistry to determine the number of π bonds and rings in a molecule.

Carbon-Carbon Single Bonds

Bonds formed by the sharing of a single pair of electrons between two carbon atoms.

Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds

A chemical bond between two carbon atoms involving four bonding electrons instead of the usual two, leading to the formation of alkenes.