Automobile Service Centre Narrative

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Automobile Service Centre Narrative
An automobile service centre can take care of eight cars per hour. Assume that the cars arrive at the service centre randomly and independently of each other at a rate of six per hour, on average.
-Refer to Automobile Service Centre Narrative. What is the probability of the service centre being empty in any given hour?

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