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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Definitions:

Subsidiaries

Companies that are owned or controlled by another company, known as the parent company, through a majority of the voting stock.

Domestic Firm

A company that operates primarily within the borders of its home country and is subject to its home country's jurisdiction and regulations.

Ownership Interest

Indicates an individual's or entity's legal rights and stakes in a company or property.

Consolidated Stockholders' Equity

The total equity in a conglomerate of all the shareholders combined, as if the conglomerate and its subsidiaries were a single entity.