Machines in a factory break down at an average rate of 3 per day. When a machine breaks down, it enters a queue to be repaired. There is a single repairperson on duty, who repairs machines at an average rate of 5 per day. Assume that the process of machines breaking down and being repaired can be modelled as an M/M/1 queue with an arrival rate of =3 per day and a service rate of =5 per day. Although the factory is only open for 8 hours per day, the state of the system at the beginning of any particular day is the same as the state at the end of the previous day, so that the system effectively evolves in a continuous, uninterrupted way over time.

(f) State two standard assumptions of an M/G/1 queue and comment on whether these are likely to be realistic for the system considered in this question.