Question: 1 ( CV 1 ) Service times are exponentially distributed ( i . e . the corresponding coefficient of variation of 1 ) with a

1(CV 1) Service times are exponentially distributed (i.e. the corresponding coefficient of variation of 1) with a service rate of 35 customers per hour. The manager would like to add few more baristas to decrease the total flow time of a customer in the system (waiting + service) below 2 minutes (0.03333 hrs). What is the minimum number of baristas (in total) that will ensure the service goal of less than 2 minutes, on average?

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