The ZU cafeteria serves on average 2000 customers a day during the lunch break (12:00-2:00 pm). It takes about 10 seconds to process a customer at the cashier. How many students on average wait in the queue (work in process)?

The ZU cafeteria serves on average 2000 customers a day during the lunch break (12:00-2:00 pm). It takes about 10 seconds to process a customer at the cashier. How many students on average wait in the queue (work in process)?

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter12: Queueing Models

Section12.5: Analytic Steady-state Queueing Models

Problem 9P

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