3. There is a single gate at an entrance to a recreational park where arriving vehicles must stop to pay their tickets. The park opens at 8:00AM, at which time vehicles begin to arrive at a rate of 480 veh/hr. After 20 minutes the arrival flow rate declines to 120 veh/hr, and it continues at that level for the remainder of the day. If the service time is 15 seconds per vehicle, and assuming D/D/1 queuing,
3. There is a single gate at an entrance to a recreational park where arriving vehicles must stop to pay their tickets. The park opens at 8:00AM, at which time vehicles begin to arrive at a rate of 480 veh/hr. After 20 minutes the arrival flow rate declines to 120 veh/hr, and it continues at that level for the remainder of the day. If the service time is 15 seconds per vehicle, and assuming D/D/1 queuing,
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![3. There is a single gate at an entrance to a
recreational park where arriving vehicles must
stop to pay their tickets. The park opens at
8:00AM, at which time vehicles begin to arrive at
a rate of 480 veh/hr. After 20 minutes the arrival
flow rate declines to 120 veh/hr, and it continues
at that level for the remainder of the day. If the
service time is 15 seconds per vehicle, and
assuming D/D/1 queuing,
Note: Round off your answers to the nearest
whole number. Only include the numeric value of
your answer without the unit (i.e. 22).
a.) Determine the longest vehicle queue
b.) Determine the longest vehicle delay in minutes
c.) Determine the time that the queue will dissipate](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F857c131c-a88f-4358-82ee-8dedcb305ffd%2F650b0175-fc40-405d-8e2e-74552a00ffc4%2Fpy6wa3_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:3. There is a single gate at an entrance to a
recreational park where arriving vehicles must
stop to pay their tickets. The park opens at
8:00AM, at which time vehicles begin to arrive at
a rate of 480 veh/hr. After 20 minutes the arrival
flow rate declines to 120 veh/hr, and it continues
at that level for the remainder of the day. If the
service time is 15 seconds per vehicle, and
assuming D/D/1 queuing,
Note: Round off your answers to the nearest
whole number. Only include the numeric value of
your answer without the unit (i.e. 22).
a.) Determine the longest vehicle queue
b.) Determine the longest vehicle delay in minutes
c.) Determine the time that the queue will dissipate
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