The production rate in an industrial process is dependent on many factors and varies according to the following distribution.
Minutes Relative Frequency
3 .14
4 .30
5 .27
6 .18
7 .11
a. Compute the mean production time. What does this represent?
b. Using these random numbers, simulate the production time for 12 processes.
.33 .09 .19 .81 .12 .88 .53 .95 .77 .61 .91 .47
c. What is the average production time for the 10 processes you simulated?