Question: Make some approximations here to create a base Assume on an average 2 people / car = so that makes it about 2 5 million

Make some approximations here to create a base
Assume on an average 2 people /car = so that makes it about 25 million cars
We will not need a recharge for driving less than 300 miles assume that this is about 50% of the driven cars. So, that makes it about 12 million cars, rounded down.
The above leaves us with roughly 12 million cars who will drive more than 300 miles and will therefore, need a recharge in a publicly available charging network. (of course, we are assuming all cars in this scenario are EVs!).
Use the single server queuing model for the base scenario. Assume that a charge per car takes about 40 minutes. So, that implies a service rate of 1.5 cars per hour i.e.36 cars per day. Can you design the queuing system with this assumption? (Show calculations on all the quantitative questions and any associated explanations)
If all cars need charging the day before Thanksgiving, how many chargers will we need? (assume all cars needing charging arrives evenly throughout a 24-hour period)
What are the average wait times and # of cars in line when any car arrives at a charging station?
If I am need this service during that day, what is my chance (probability) of not having more than 5 cars in the system when I arrive at the system?
If all cars drive >300 miles but across five different starting city-destination city pairs, how many chargers will we need? (assume the total number of cars needing charging is equally split across the five pairs)

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