Renuka Jain's Car Wash takes a constant time of 3.0 minutes in its automated car wash cycle. Autos arrive following a Poisson distribution at the rate of 12 per hour. Renuka wants to know: a) The average wait time in the line = nothing minutes (round your response to two decimal places). b) The average number of customers waiting in the line = nothing cars (round your response to two decimal places).

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Jerome Livingston

23 September, 03:43

Renuka Jain's Car Wash takes a constant time of 3.0 minutes in its automated car wash cycle. Autos arrive following a Poisson distribution at the rate of 12 per hour. Renuka wants to know: a) The average wait time in the line = nothing minutes (round your response to two decimal places). b) The average number of customers waiting in the line = nothing cars (round your response to two decimal places).

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Belen Massey · Answer 1

Around every 17 minutes a car will go through the car wash with no wait time

Step-by-step explanation:

60/12=20

20-3 (from washing car) = 17 minutes