6.43 In deciding how many customer service representatives to hire and in planning their schedules, it is
Question:
6.43 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 22 minutes.
a Find the probability that a repair time will last less than 10 minutes.
b The charge for typewriter repairs is $50 for each half hour or part thereof. What is the probability that a repair job will result in a charge of $100?
c 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 0.10?
Step by Step Answer:
Probability And Statistics For Engineers
ISBN: 9781133006909
5th Edition
Authors: Richard L Scheaffer, Madhuri Mulekar, James T McClave, Cecie Starr