Inventory Buildup Red Lion closes at 1 am on weekends. On a typical weekend night, the hourly number of customer arrivals at the Red Lion in Champaign is: During the hour beginning at 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm 12 am Number of Customers 10 10 10 40 40 40 0 The average service capacity during weekend nights is 35 customers per hour. Note that 12 am means beginning at 12 am (midnight) for an hour of duration, so midnight-1 am. All the data shown uses the same logic. During rush hours, i.e., between 9 pm and midnight, a) what is the inventory buildup rate ? b) what is the maximum inventory buildup that you can observe at 0 hr or 12 a.m. (midnight)? c) what is the flow rate per hour?

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