Use the Scenario Given Below to Answer the Following Question

question 35

Multiple Choice

Use the scenario given below to answer the following question.
Consider the flow process map given below.Assume that orders enter the system with a time between arrivals that is exponentially distributed with a mean of 0.8 minutes.The processing time at work station 1 is exponential with a mean of 0.50 minutes,and at work station 2,it is exponential with a mean of 1 minute.The queue for work station 1 has a capacity of 6,while the queue for work station 2 has a capacity of 4.
Run the simulations for 30 replications of a 24-hour.
-Determine the average number of customers in queue 2.

• A)3.39
• B)0.42
• C)3.24
• D)3.46

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