Question: A single Automated Teller Machine (ATM) is located on the ground floor of a popular shopping mall. Service time at this machine is exponentially distributed.

  1. A single Automated Teller Machine (ATM) is located on the ground floor of a popular shopping mall. Service time at this machine is exponentially distributed. On average, the ATM machine can serve a customer in 3 minutes. Customer arrivals at the machine are Poisson distributed, with an average of 15 customers an hour. Relevant formulas to analyze this M/M/1 model are available in your textbook.

    On average, how many people are waiting to use this ATM machine?

    a.

    8

    b.

    2

    c.

    10

    d.

    4

    e.

    6

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