Over the course of an eight hour day, a business normally has about 200 customers arrive. Assuming that the customers arrive at about the same rate over the entire day, what is the interarrival time?
A) 1.2 minutes
B) 2.0 minutes
C) 2.4 minutes
D) 3.0 minutes
E) 3.6 minutes

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Total time in minutes in an 8-hour day = 8 hours × 60 minutes/hour = 480 minutes
The average time between consecutive arrivals can be calculated as follows:
Interarrival time = Total time / Total number of arrivals
Interarrival time = 480 minutes / 200 customers = 2.4 minutes per customer.

Over the Course of an Eight Hour Day, a Business