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Chapter 7: Q. 79 (page 434)

The average wait time is:

a. one hour.

b. two hours.

c. two and a half hours.

d. four hours.

Short Answer

Expert verified

The average wait time is two hours. Therefore, option "b" is the correct answer.

Step by step solution

01

Given information

From the information given in the question, we observed that the furniture company delivers furniture from 10. A. M to 2. PM continuously and uniformly. The company delivers furniture in 4 hours.

02

Explanation 

We can calculate the average waiting time of the company delivers furniture as follow:

=0+42

=2hours.

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