The Owner of an Amusement Park Has Decided to Open

question 94

Multiple Choice

The owner of an amusement park has decided to open a second entry booth and hire another employee to service customers entering the park.Customers arrive at the rate of 20 per hour and will wait in a single line until one of the two employees is available to provide service.The average service time of both employees is 2 minutes to provide service.The arrival rate follows Poisson distribution,and the service time follows a negative exponential distribution.Determine the average number of customers waiting in line.

• A)0.75
• B)0.89
• C)0.08
• D)0.98

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Pre-tax Gain

Income generated before any taxes have been applied.

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After-tax Gain

The profit remaining after all taxes have been deducted.