Determine the average time a ticket buyer

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The ticket booth on the Tech campus is operated by one person, who is selling tickets for the annual Tech versus State football game on Saturday. The ticket seller can serve an average of 12 customers per hour (Poisson distributed); on average, 8 customers arrive to purchase tickets each hour (poisson distributed). Determine the average time a ticket buyer must wait and the portion of time the ticket seller is busy.

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