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Nutka1998
2 months ago
8

A catalog company that receives the majority of its orders by telephone conducted a study to determine how long customers were w

illing to wait on hold before ordering a product. The length of waiting time was found to be a variable best approximated by an exponential distribution with a mean length of waiting time equal to 2.8 minutes (i.e. the mean number of calls answered in a minute is ). What proportion of callers is put on hold longer than 2.8 minutes?
Business
1 answer:
marusya05 [3.7K]2 months ago
6 0

Answer:

The ratio of callers on hold for more than 2.8 minutes is 0.3679

Explanation:

μ = 2.8, λ = 1/2.8,

Using the exponential distribution:

P(x>k) = exp(-λk)

          = exp(-2.8/2.8)

          = 0.3679

Thus, the fraction of callers who are placed on hold for over 2.8 minutes is 0.3679

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Net income                                          943,400

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