Question: Operation research please solve part D!! 2. [35 points) A fast food restaurant has one drive-through window. Cars arrive according to a Poisson arrival with

Operation research
please solve part D!!
Operation research please solve part D!! 2. [35
2. [35 points) A fast food restaurant has one drive-through window. Cars arrive according to a Poisson arrival with arrival rate of 2 cars every 5 minutes. The space in front of the window can accommodate infinite amount of cars (because there is a big park lot around). The service time per customer is exponential with a mean of 1.5 minutes. Determine the following: a. The probability that the facility is idle. b. The expected number of customers waiting to be served. c. The expected waiting time until a customer reaches the window to place an order. d. After a big construction of the surrounding parking lot, this restaurant only has 5 car space left in front of the window (including the one in service). This means that arriving car will leave when there are already 5 cars in front of the window. Calculate less and recalculate a. b. and c

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