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

question 40

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 answer choices is correct.

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Definitions:

Public Interest

The welfare or well-being of the general public, often considered as a guiding principle for governmental policy.

Goods And Services

The output of an economy, consisting of both tangible products (goods) and intangible activities (services) that provide value to consumers.

Willing And Able

Describes consumers who have both the desire to purchase goods and services and the purchasing power to do so.

Creative Destruction

The hypothesis that the creation of new products and production methods destroys the market power of existing monopolies.