How long does a customer spend waiting for service


Response to the following problem:

Customers arrive at Pete's Coffee Shop on the average of one every 5 minutes, according to a Poisson distribution. The average time Pete spends serving a customer is 3 minutes, and the service times are believed to follow an exponential distribution.

The shop is run entirely by Pete, and customers are served on a first come, first-served basis.

a. What is the probability that exactly 2 customers will arrive at Pete's in a 15-minute period?

b. What is the probability that more than 3 customers will arrive in a 30-minute period?

c. What is the probability that the service time for a customer is under 2 minutes?

d. On the average, how long does a customer spend waiting for service at Pete's?

e. What is the probability that a customer spends less than 5 minutes at Pete's?

f. What is the average number of customers present at Pete's?

g. What percentage of Pete's time is spent serving customers?

 

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