Waiting lines - fundamentalsIn a waiting line system, suppose the arrivals are random with an average of 8 customer per hour, whereas the average capacity of the service facility is 12 customers per hour.Which one of the following is false?Multiple ChoiceUtilization is 0.6666666666666666.Service time may exceed 5 minutes per customer.Average inter-arrival time is 8 minutes.Customers do not wait because of the low utilization.

Customers do not wait because of the low utilization.It is not a low utilisation rate; it is…

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