Question: Students are going through a 3 step process to obtain their ID's. They spend 2 minutes at the registration desk before going to see one

Students are going through a 3 step process to obtain their ID's. They spend 2 minutes at the registration desk before going to see one of 3 cashiers to pay. Then to 1 of 4 stations for photo and print of card. The cashier and photo take 10 and 20 minutes respectively. If the demand rate is 0.5 student/minute, which of the following are true?

A)The cashier station is the bottleneck

B)There will be no bottleneck in the process.

C)The photo station becomes the bottleneck.

D) Registration is the bottleneck.

For the same ID situation, how long does it take to process 20 students, assuming the system starts empty?

A) 100 minutes B) 95 minutes C) 127 minutes D) 160 minutes

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