Question: Help in case study, case study is Kristen's Cookie Company case Assume that the roommate is sick so Kristen has to set the timer, pack

Help in case study,
case study is Kristen's Cookie Company case Assume that
the roommate is sick so Kristen has to set the timer, pack and accept payment herself
(on top of her usual tasks); all orders are for two dozen cookies; starting at
8 pm until midnight, a customer places an order every 30 minutes ( that is the first customer places an order at 8pm,the second places an order at 8:30 pm, the third places an order at 9pm,etc. until the last order at midnight); customers are there to pay for the orders as soon as they are completed. for washing and mixing together step it takes
6minutes, mixer can hold and mix ingredient for upto three dozen cookies, as for one dozen cookies, spooning cookies onto tray takes 2minutes per tray, till here all the steps are perfomed by kristens. Now her roomate will perfome rest of the next steps set the thermostat ane timer is about 1minute, cookies baking takes 9minutes (can be done by oven), cookie cooling time is 5minutes, it takes 2minutes to pack each dozen cookies and about 1minutes to accept payment fo the order. what is the average number of orders that are being processed at one moment in time (we say that an order is being processed if it has been placed but has not yet been completed and paid for)?

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