Operations Management: Processes And Supply Chains (12th Edition) (what's New In Operations Management)
Operations Management: Processes And Supply Chains (12th Edition) (what's New In Operations Management)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134742205
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Interpretation: The probability whether a customer will take the time less thana half-minute along with the probability whether a customer will take above 3 minutes is to be determined.

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Probability is a sub-partof mathematics. Probability refers to the numerical description, which states that how likely some event will happen after multiple trials.

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