Customers Arrive at a Suburban Ticket Outlet at the Rate

question 22

Multiple Choice

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.
What is the system utilization?

• A) 0.6
• B) 0.7
• C) 0.8
• D) 0.9
• E) 1

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