A single ticket taker can tear tickets and direct movie patrons to their seats at a rate of 90 per hour. Customers arrive every minute for assistance and always wait, regardless of how long the line gets. Arrivals are governed by the Poisson distribution and service is governed by the exponential distribution.

Use the information in the scenario above. What is the probability that a movie patron will not have to wait for another customer before being serviced?

A. less than or equal to 0.10

B. greater than 0.10 but fewer than or equal to 0.20

C. greater than 0.30

D. greater than 0.20 but fewer than or equal to 0.30

E. Cannot be determined with the information provided

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