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Trucks are requlred to pass through a welghing station so they can be checked for welght vlolations. Trucks arrive at the station at the rate

Trucks are requlred to pass through a welghing station so they can be checked for welght vlolations. Trucks arrive at the station at the
rate of 24 an hour between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Currently two Inspectors are on duty during those hours, each of whom can
Inspect 16 trucks an hour. Use Table 18.4.
a. How many trucks would you expect to see at the welghing station, Including those beling inspected? (Round your answer to 3
decimal places.)
b.If a truck was just arriving at the station, about how many minutes could the driver expect to be at the statlon? (Round your answer
to 2 decimal places.)
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min.
c. What is the probability that both inspectors would be busy at the same time?(Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
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d. How many minutes, on average, would a truck that is not immedlately inspected have to walt? (Round your answer to the nearest
whole number.)
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f. What is the maximum Iine length for a probability of .91?(Round up your answer to the next whole number.)
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