In deciding how many customer service representatives to hire and in planning their schedules, it is important for a firm marketing electronic typewriters to study repair times for the machines. Such a study revealed that repair times have approximately an exponential distribution with a mean of 72 minutes. In planning schedules, how much time should be allowed for each repair so that the chance of any one repair time exceeding this allowed time is only 0.15?

In deciding how many customer service representatives to hire and in planning their schedules, it is important for a firm marketing electronic typewriters to study repair times for the machines. Such a study revealed that repair times have approximately an exponential distribution with a mean of 72 minutes. In planning schedules, how much time should be allowed for each repair so that the chance of any one repair time exceeding this allowed time is only 0.15?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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