a. What average number in line can be expected? Note: Round your answer to 3 decimal places. Average number expected b. What average number of persons can be expected to be in the system? Note: Round your answer to 3 decimal places. Average number of persons Average amount of time people c. What is the average amount of time a person can expect to spend in line? Note: Round your answer to 4 decimal places. Time taken persons hours d. On average, how much time will it take to measure a person's blood pressure, including waiting time? Note: Round your answer to 4 decimal places. hours

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To support National Heart Week, the Heart Association plans to install a free blood pressure testing booth in
El Con Mall for the week. Previous experience indicates that, on average, 15 persons per hour request a test.
Assume arrivals are Poisson distributed from an infinite population. Blood pressure measurements can be
made at a constant time of three minutes each. Assume the queue length can be infinite with FCFS discipline.
a. What average number in line can be expected?
Note: Round your answer to 3 decimal places.
Average number expected
b. What average number of persons can be expected to be in the system?
Note: Round your answer to 3 decimal places.
Average number of persons
Average amount of time
people
c. What is the average amount of time a person can expect to spend in line?
Note: Round your answer to 4 decimal places.
Time taken
persons
hours
d. On average, how much time will it take to measure a person's blood pressure, including waiting time?
Note: Round your answer to 4 decimal places.
hours
Transcribed Image Text:To support National Heart Week, the Heart Association plans to install a free blood pressure testing booth in El Con Mall for the week. Previous experience indicates that, on average, 15 persons per hour request a test. Assume arrivals are Poisson distributed from an infinite population. Blood pressure measurements can be made at a constant time of three minutes each. Assume the queue length can be infinite with FCFS discipline. a. What average number in line can be expected? Note: Round your answer to 3 decimal places. Average number expected b. What average number of persons can be expected to be in the system? Note: Round your answer to 3 decimal places. Average number of persons Average amount of time people c. What is the average amount of time a person can expect to spend in line? Note: Round your answer to 4 decimal places. Time taken persons hours d. On average, how much time will it take to measure a person's blood pressure, including waiting time? Note: Round your answer to 4 decimal places. hours
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