With a Multiple-Server Model, Increasing the Arrival Rate by 10

question 12

Multiple Choice

With a multiple-server model, increasing the arrival rate by 10 percent and also increasing the service rate of each server by 10 percent will result in:

• A) a decrease in the utilization of the system.
• B) no change in the average number of customers in the waiting line.
• C) a decrease in the average number of customers in the waiting line.
• D) an increase in the waiting time in line.

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Definitions:

Supply and Demand

Fundamental economic concepts that describe how the quantity of a good or service provided by producers and the quantity desired by consumers affect its price.

Equilibrium Quantity

The quantity of goods or services that is supplied and demanded at the equilibrium price.

Simultaneously Increases

Occurring when two or more variables or conditions rise at the same time.

Supply Decreases

A situation where the quantity of a good or service that producers are willing to sell at a given price falls, often due to increased production costs or external factors.