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he candy machine outside the lecture hall sees a steady stream of customers throughout the day. The service time is governed by a negative exponential probability distribution that averages 10 seconds. Over the course of a day, students arrive for candy at the rate of 240 per hour — Poisson distributed 1. Write down the service rate and arrival rate.
2. Calculate the following:
• How many students are waiting in front of the machine?
• How long does a student wait to be served with candy from the machine?
• What is the probability that the candy machine will be idle and a student will not have to wait?
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