Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications
1st Edition
ISBN: 9781118141809
Author: Nathan Klingbeil
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 1, Problem 20P
Repeat problem P1-18 for the data shown in Fig P1.20
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Question No. 3:
The average time that Italy commute to work is 23.15 minutes (Best 4 Tourist Places, June 15, 2020). The average commute times in minutes for 18 cities are given in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1
City
Time (minutes)
Rome
24.9
Milan
26.8
Naples
26.2
Turin
28.1
Palermo
31.7
Genoa
25.8
Bologna
23.3
Florence
32.1
Bari
28.5
Catania
24.4
Verona
29.3
Venice
24.8
Messina
38.1
Padua
28.3
Trieste
28.4
Taranto
24.6
Prato
20.1
Modena
23.4
a) What is the variance and standard deviation of commute times for these 18 cities?
b) Find the z – score value of commute time for these 18 cities.
c) Find 28th and 77th Percentile of commute times for these 18 cities.
QUESTION 5
Table 5 below shows the number of cafeteria staff required at the "Local Gourmet (LG)
Restaurant" on a daily basis- You are required to staff each hour with the required number of
cafeteria staff, showing how many staff are on duty at each given hour, the number of staff
you have assigned to work each hour and any overstaffing for each hour.
Table 5. Staff Requirement at the Local Gourmet (LG) Restaurant
TIME
Required
Assigned
On Duty
Overstaffed
5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3.00 4:00
AM AM AM AM AM AM AM
PM PM PM
PM
6 8 10
10 8 8
12
PM
12
12 10 8 6
CO
a. Schedule the staff to work in 8-hour shifts.
b. Schedule the staff to work in 4-hour shifts
c. Indicate with at least one reason, which schedule would be more optimal from an
Operations Scheduling perspective?
Chapter 1 Solutions
Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications
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