A Small Diner Has One Employee and a Counter with Seating

question 34

Multiple Choice

A small diner has one employee and a counter with seating for 8 customers.The diner does not package food for take out.Customers arrive at the diner at the rate of 20 per hour (Poisson distributed) .Service times are exponentially distributed and average 24 per hour.Customers that arrive when all seats are taken do not enter the diner.What is the probability that the diner is full and an arriving customer does not enter?

• A)0.8333
• B)0.1667
• C)0.2067
• D)0.0481

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Definitions:

Encoding Specificity

The principle that suggests how we encode information into memory is specific to the context in which it is learned and that this encoding specificity affects how it is recalled.

Retrieval Cues

Specific stimuli or prompts that aid the recall of information stored in long-term memory, enhancing the ability to retrieve previously learned material.

Actor-observer Effect

The inclination to ascribe personal actions to external factors, while assigning the actions of others to their inherent traits.

Vicarious Reinforcement

Learning to replicate behavior by observing the consequences of others’ actions, rather than experiencing them firsthand.