Problem 11-6 (Static) Avis Company is a car rental company that is located three miles from the Los Angeles airport (LAX). Avis is dispatching a bus from its offices to the airport every 2 minutes. The average traveling time (round-trip) is 20 minutes. a. How many Avis buses are traveling to and from the airport? (Do not round Intermediate calculations.) Number of buses b. The branch manager wants to improve the service and suggests dispatching buses every 0.5 minutes. She argues that this will reduce the average traveling time from the airport to the Avis offices to 2.5 minutes. Is she correct? O Yes O No O It depends on the time of day. O There Is Insufficient Information to answer this question

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Ch. 11 Q6
Problem 11-6 (Static)
Avis Company is a car rental company that is located three miles from the Los Angeles airport (LAX). Avis is dispatching a bus from its
offices to the airport every 2 minutes. The average traveling time (round-trip) is 20 minutes.
a. How many Avis buses are traveling to and from the airport? (Do not round Intermediate calculations.)
Number of buses
b. The branch manager wants to improve the service and suggests dispatching buses every 0.5 minutes. She argues that this will
reduce the average traveling time from the airport to the Avis offices to 2.5 minutes. Is she correct?
O Yes
O No
O It depends on the time of day.
O There Is Insufficient Information to answer this question
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 11-6 (Static) Avis Company is a car rental company that is located three miles from the Los Angeles airport (LAX). Avis is dispatching a bus from its offices to the airport every 2 minutes. The average traveling time (round-trip) is 20 minutes. a. How many Avis buses are traveling to and from the airport? (Do not round Intermediate calculations.) Number of buses b. The branch manager wants to improve the service and suggests dispatching buses every 0.5 minutes. She argues that this will reduce the average traveling time from the airport to the Avis offices to 2.5 minutes. Is she correct? O Yes O No O It depends on the time of day. O There Is Insufficient Information to answer this question
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