Question: Suppose that the average time between customer arrivals is 1 5 minutes. Suppose customers are served, by a single customer service representative at a rate

Suppose that the average time between customer arrivals is 15 minutes. Suppose customers are served, by a single customer service representative at a rate of 5 customers per hour. Assume interarrival times and service times are exponentially distributed.
The customer service representative is compensated at $20 per hour. Customer waiting costs are estimated at $1 per minute or $60 per hour for each customer waiting.
If the system operates in steady-state, then
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The per hour cost of customer waiting would be $60.
3.20 customers are waiting on average in this queuing system.
The total cost of waiting in this queuing system would be $192 per hour.
The total cost of operating the queueing system would be $212 per hour.
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