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A company is concerned about the number of customers that have to wait for service in their customer service department. Assume the rate at which customers arrive is 12 per hour. Using the infinite queuing notion for the models presented in the textbook, which of the following is the mean time between arrivals?

A) 12 minutes
B) 6 minutes
C) 2 Minutes
D) 1 Minute
E) None of these

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Answer:

E) None of these

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation to determine which of the following is the mean time between arrivals

Using this formula

Mean time between arrivals = 1/Arrival rate

Let plug in the formula

Mean time between arrivals= 1/12

Mean time between arrivals= 0.0833 hours or 5 minutes

Therefore the Mean time between arrivals will be 0.0833 hours or 5 minutes

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