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a.

From information given, the average service time at Wendy’s is as follows:

  2.2

It is required to know, probability of service time less than or equal to 1 minute.

Type the formula =EXPONDIST(1,0.45,TRUE) in cell numbered A1 in Excel. This

would yield resultant output to P( x  1) . Note Excel considers   1 /  as its’ second
parameter. The screen shot is as follows:

Figure 6a-31E P( x  1) .

Therefore, the answer is: 0.3623 .

b.

From information given, the average service time at Wendy’s is as follows:

  2.2

It is required to know, probability of service time between 30 seconds and 1 minute.

Compute P  x  0.5 and P  x  1 , using EXPONDIST function. Then subtract the

smaller one from the larger one.

Figure 6b-31E P  0.5  x  1 .

Therefore, the answer is: 0.1609 .

c.

From information given, the average service time at Wendy’s is as follows:

  2.2

It is required to know, probability of getting food for free.

Type the formula =1-EXPONDIST(5,0.45,TRUE) in cell numbered A1 in Excel. This

would yield resultant output to P ( x  5) . The screen shot is as follows:

Figure 6c-31E P ( x  5) .

Therefore, the answer is: 0.1054 .