Question: CPU-on-Demand (CPUD) offers real-time high-performance computing services. CPUD owns 5 supercomputers that can be accessed through the Internet. Their customers send jobs that arrive on
CPU-on-Demand (CPUD) offers real-time high-performance computing services. CPUD owns 5 supercomputers that can be accessed through the Internet. Their customers send jobs that arrive on average every 4 minutes. The standard deviation of the interarrival times is 4 minutes. Executing each job takes on average of 16 minutes on one of the supercomputers (during this time, the computer cannot perform any other work). The standard deviation of this processing time is 24 minutes.
What is the utilization of each supercomputer? (as a %)
On average, how many jobs are waiting to start processing? (Provide your answer using two decimal places)
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