A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134753119
Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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The Regency Hotel has enough space at its entrance for six taxicabs to line up, wait for guests,
and then load passengers. Cabs arrive at the hotel every 8 minutes; if a taxi drives by the hotel
and the line is full, it must drive on. Hotel guests require a taxi every 5 minutes, on average. It
takes a cab driver an average of 3.5 minutes to load passengers and luggage and leave the hotel
(exponentially distributed). What is the probability that the line will be full when a cab drives by, causing it to drive on?

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