A Queuing Theory Analysis for the Department of Motor Vehicles

question 40

Multiple Choice

A queuing theory analysis for the Department of Motor Vehicles determines that customers typically wait for 8 minutes and that the agency should strive never to exceed more than 5 customers in a single line.An analysis comes up with a value for P of 0.125.What does this P value mean?

• A)that customers will wait an average of 12.5 minutes
• B)that the chances that a customer will need to wait for more than 5 people in line are 1 in 8
• C)that customers will wait an average of 0.125 minutes
• D)that the chances that a customer will need to wait for more than 5 people in line are 1 in 12.5

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