Question: ( 2 0 marks ) Consumers arrive at takeaway window of a fast - food restaurant at a rate of 1 0 customers every one

(20 marks) Consumers arrive at takeaway window of a fast-food restaurant at a rate of 10 customers every one hour per day. The average time spent for service is 5 minutes per customers. Currently one takeaway window is open for service. The arrivals are approximated by the Poisson distribution and the service time is exponentially distributed. The fast-food restaurant is open 18 hours per day.
a. What is the average time a customer is waiting in the line of fast-food restaurant?
b. What is the total cost, if one staff is employed to serve the customers?
Due to the customer complaints about long time waiting, the fast-food restaurant is considering a second window to reduce the customer waiting time. The salary and benefits for each member of staff is to be 8$ per hour.
c. What is the average time a customer waits in the fast-food restaurant if two staff are employed?
d. Should a second staff be added, if the average waiting cost is 20$ per hour?
(Please, approach and model the problem in a logical way and technically correct fashion, show the details of your calculations, describe a solution procedure, and write your comments on the findings).
 (20 marks) Consumers arrive at takeaway window of a fast-food restaurant

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