Question: Next consider the 2 Xfaster machine. As its name suggests, 2 Xfaster can work twice as fast as the Classic machine, i . e .

Next consider the 2Xfaster machine. As its name suggests, 2Xfaster can work twice as fast as the Classic machine, i.e., it can serve, on average, 40 customers per hour, although it only processes one drink order at a time. The service time for 2Xfaster is also exponentially distributed. A 2Xfaster machine is significantly larger than the Coffee Classic, so the physical limitations of the store would only allow for the purchase of one machine.
13. What is the utilization of the 2Xfaster machine? Please enter your answer as a value between 0 and 1. If your answer is not an integer, provide at least three decimal places, e.g.,7.500.
14. With the 2Xfaster machine, what is the expected total time (in minutes) that a customer spends in the store (i.e., the total time in queue and in service)? If your answer is not an integer, provide at least three decimal places, e.g.,7.500.
15. With the 2Xfaster machine, what is the expected total number of customers in the store (i.e., in queue and in service)? If your answer is not an integer, provide at least three decimal places, e.g.,7.500.
Hint: Please ensure that all quantities are in the same units!
16. Management is worried about the cost of excessive customer waiting time, because each moment that customers wait increases the chance of customer abandonment and balking. After some analysis, the manager estimates that the hourly cost to the coffee shop for a customers total time spent in the store is $10(that is, the waiting cost rate is $10 per customer per hour, which accounts for time in the queue and time being served). If you estimate that a customer spends on average W minutes in the store (in queue + being served), what is the average total
waiting cost per hour?
a. $10\times (W/60)
b. $10\times 32\times (W/60)
c. $10\times 40\times (W/60)
d. $10\times (32/40)\times (W/60)

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