Exercise 16 A store opens at 8am. Customers will arrive at Poisson rate λ = 10 per hour. (i) At what time do you expect the first customer to arrive? (ii) Given that thesecondcustomerarrivedafter8.10am, what is the expected arrival time of the first customer? (iii) After serving the third customer, the sales clerk takes a 10-minute break at 8.20am. Upon his/return, he finds that the fourth customer has arrived. What is the probability that the customer has been waiting for more than 3 minutes?

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Exercise 16 A store opens at 8am. Customers will arrive at Poisson rate = 10 per hour.
(i) At what time do you expect the first customer to arrive?
(ii) Given that thesecondcustomerarrivedafter8.10am, what is the expected arrival time of the first customer?
(ii) After serving the third customer, the sales clerk takes a 10-minute break at 8.20am. Upon his/return, he
finds that the fourth customer has arrived. What is the probability that the customer has been waiting for
more than 3 minutes?
Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 16 A store opens at 8am. Customers will arrive at Poisson rate = 10 per hour. (i) At what time do you expect the first customer to arrive? (ii) Given that thesecondcustomerarrivedafter8.10am, what is the expected arrival time of the first customer? (ii) After serving the third customer, the sales clerk takes a 10-minute break at 8.20am. Upon his/return, he finds that the fourth customer has arrived. What is the probability that the customer has been waiting for more than 3 minutes?
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