Table 14-2 A Pharmacy Is Considering Hiring Another Pharmacist to Better Serve

Multiple Choice

Table 14-2
A pharmacy is considering hiring another pharmacist to better serve customers. To help analyze this situation, records are kept to determine how many customers will arrive in any 10-minute interval. Based on 100 ten-minute intervals, the following probability distribution has been developed and random numbers assigned to each event.
-According to Table 14-2, the number of arrivals in any 10-minute period is between 6 and 10 inclusive. Suppose the next 3 random numbers were 02, 81, and 18. These numbers are used to simulate arrivals into the pharmacy. What would the average number of arrivals per 10-minute period be based on this set of occurrences?

A) 6
B) 7
C) 8
D) 9
E) None of the above