A Post Office Has a Single Line for Customers Waiting

question 144

Multiple Choice

A post office has a single line for customers waiting for the next available postal clerk.There are two postal clerks who work at the same rate.The arrival rate of customers follows a Poisson distribution,while the service time follows an normal distribution.What type of queuing model applies here?

• A)M/M/1
• B)M/M/2
• C)M/D/2
• D)M/D/1
• E)M/G/2

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