Customers enter the camera department of a store at an average rate of six per hour. The department is staffed by one employee, who takes an average of six minutes to serve each arrival. Assume this is a simple Poisson arrival, exponentially distributed service time situation.a. As a casual observer, how many people would you expect to see in the camera department (excluding the clerk)? How long would a customer expect to spend in the camera department (total time)?b. What is the utilization of the clerk?c. What is the probability that there are more than two people in the camera department (excluding the clerk)?d. Another clerk has been hired for the camera department who also takes an average of six minutes to serve each arrival. How long would a customer expect to spend in the department now?
Customers enter the camera department of a store at an average rate of six per hour. The department is staffed by one employee, who takes an average of six minutes to serve each arrival. Assume this is a simple Poisson arrival, exponentially distributed service time situation.
a. As a casual observer, how many people would you expect to see in the camera department (excluding the clerk)? How long would a customer expect to spend in the camera department (total time)?
b. What is the utilization of the clerk?
c. What is the probability that there are more than two people in the camera department (excluding the clerk)?
d. Another clerk has been hired for the camera department who also takes an average of six minutes to serve each arrival. How long would a customer expect to spend in the department now?
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c. What is the probability that there are more than two people in the camera department (excluding the clerk)?'
by Bartleby ExpertWhere does 3 come from? Its 60 minutes divided by 6?
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