Question: A store currently operates its service system with 1 operator. Arrivals follow a Poisson distribution and service times are exponentially distributed. The following spreadsheet has

A store currently operates its service system with 1 operator. Arrivals follow a Poisson distribution and service times are exponentially distributed. The following spreadsheet has been developed for the system.
Arrival rate 6
Service rate 8
Number of servers 1
Utilization 75.00%
P(0), probability that the system is empty 0.2500
Lq, expected queue length 2.2500
L, expected number in system 3.0000
Wq, expected time in queue 0.3750
W, expected total time in system 0.5000
Probability that a customer waits 0.7500
17. What is the probability that a customer must wait in queue before being served?
a.0.00
b.0.25
c.0.75
d.1.00
18. What is the probability that a customer can go directly into service without waiting in line?
a.0.00
b.0.25
c.0.75
d.1.00
19. How many customers will be in the system on average at any one time?
a.0.375
b.0.50
c.2.25
d.3.00
20. What is the expected number of minutes a customer actually will be served?
a.45
b.7.5
c.30
d.22.2
21. If the store adds an additional server to its system, what happens to a customer's average service time?
a. increases
b. decreases
c. it is unchanged
d. depends on the arrival rate

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