Question: Question 6 1 p t s Dial a Physician ( Q 1 2 - Q 1 4 ) A company has started a phone service

Question 6
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Dial a Physician (Q12- Q14)
A company has started a phone service that uses overseas doctors to provide emergency medical consultations. The responding doctors are based in a country with low wages but with a highly skilled pool of physicians.
Responding to each call takes on average 15 minutes. At any given moment in time, there are 4 doctors overseas on duty. Calls arrive every 5 minutes on average and standard deviation of the inter-arrival time is 5 minutes. The company receives $50 from the patient's insurance company for each consultation. If one of the 4 overseas doctors is available, the firm pays $20 to the doctor and makes $30 in profit. If no doctor is available overseas, the call is rerouted to the U.S. where a local physician answers the question. A local physician is always available to take a call. In this case, the firm pays the $50 to the local physician, so there's no profit for the company.
Q6. On average, how many calls does the company receive in a 1-hour period?.
Question 7
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Q7. What is the average utilization level of overseas doctors?
(Write your answer in %, that is, if your answer is 22.6%, write 22.6 as you answer.)
 Question 6 1pts Dial a Physician (Q12- Q14) A company has

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