At a Local Fast Food Joint,cars Arrive Randomly at a Rate

question 121

Multiple Choice

At a local fast food joint,cars arrive randomly at a rate of 12 every 30 minutes.Service times are random (exponential) and average 2 minutes per arrival.The average time in the queue for each arrival is

• A)2 minutes.
• B)4 minutes.
• C)6 minutes.
• D)8 minutes.
• E)10 minutes.

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