Virginia's Ron McPherson Electronics Corporation retains a service crew to repair machine breakdowns that occur on an average of λ = 3 per​ 8-hour workday​ (approximately Poisson in​ nature). The crew can service an average of μ = 10machines per​ workday, with a repair time distribution that resembles the negative exponential distribution. a) The utilization rate of this service system? b) The average downtime for a broken machine? c) Average number of machines waiting to be serviced at any given time? d) The probability that more than 1 machine is in the system? The probability that more than 2 machine is in the system? The probability that more than 3 machine is in the system? The probability that more than 4 machine is in the system?

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Virginia's Ron McPherson Electronics Corporation retains a service crew to repair machine breakdowns that occur on an average of λ = 3 per​ 8-hour workday​ (approximately Poisson in​ nature). The crew can service an average of μ = 10machines per​ workday, with a repair time distribution that resembles the negative exponential distribution.

  1. a) The utilization rate of this service system?
  2. b) The average downtime for a broken machine?
  3. c) Average number of machines waiting to be serviced at any given time?
  4. d) The probability that more than 1 machine is in the system?

The probability that more than 2 machine is in the system?

The probability that more than 3 machine is in the system?

The probability that more than 4 machine is in the system?

 

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