Question: Question 1 Barber Shop ( Part I ) . ( PLEASE SOLVE AND SHOW WORK AND FORMULA USED ) Alex owns a one - chair

Question 1 Barber Shop (Part I).(PLEASE SOLVE AND SHOW WORK AND FORMULA USED)
Alex owns a one-chair barber shop. At Barber College, they told Alex that his customers would exhibit a Poisson arrival distribution (equivalently inter-arrival time is exponentially distributed), and that he would provide an exponential service distribution. His market survey data indicate that customers arrive at an average rate of 2 customers per hour. It will take Alex an average of 20 minutes to give a haircut. Based on these pieces of information, find the followings: (Assume that the waiting area for customers is inside the shop.)
(a) The average utilization of Alexs time. For what percentage of time is Alex idle? (b) The average number of customers waiting.
(c) The average time a customer is in the shop.
(Part II). Alex now is considering the addition of a second chair (a second barber). Customers would be selected for a haircut on a first come first served basis from those waiting in a single line. Alex has assumed that both barbers would take an average of 20 minutes to give a haircut, and that the business would remain unchanged with customers arriving at an average rate of 2 per hour. Find the following information to help Alex decide if a second chair should be added:
(a) The average number of customers waiting. (b) The average time a customer is in the shop.

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