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Customers arrive at a video rental desk at the rate of 14 per minute(Poisson).Each server can handle 4.668 customers per minute(Poisson). If there are 6 servers, determine the probability of 5 or fewer customers in the system.   a.   0.03   b.   0.025   c.   0.049   d.   0.901

Customers arrive at a video rental desk at the rate of 14 per minute(Poisson).Each server can handle 4.668 customers per minute(Poisson). If there are 6 servers, determine the probability of 5 or fewer customers in the system.   a.   0.03   b.   0.025   c.   0.049   d.   0.901

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Customers arrive at a video rental desk at the rate of 14 per minute(Poisson).Each server can handle 4.668 customers per minute(Poisson). If there are 6 servers, determine the probability of 5 or fewer customers in the system.

 

a.

 

0.03

 

b.

 

0.025

 

c.

 

0.049

 

d.

 

0.901

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