A Multiple-Server System Has Customers Arriving at an Average Rate

question 22

Multiple Choice

A multiple-server system has customers arriving at an average rate of five per hour and an average service time of forty minutes.The minimum number of servers for this system to have a utilization factor under 1 is:

• A)2.
• B)3.
• C)4.
• D)5.
• E)None of the above.
• Customers arrive at a suburban ticket outlet at the rate of 14 per hour on Monday mornings (exponential interarrival times).Selling the tickets and providing general information takes an average of 3 minutes per customer,and varies exponentially.There is 1 ticket agent on duty on Mondays.

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