Operations and Supply Chain Management 9th edition
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ISBN: 9781119320975
Author: Roberta S. Russell, Bernard W. Taylor III
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 5, Problem 6P
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To determine: The average number of planes that will queue up while waiting to land.
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To determine: What is the average waiting time for a plane before it can land?
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To determine: The average time a plane takes to clear the runway from the time it has notified the tower that it is close and wants to land.
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To determine: Does the airport have to hire an additional air traffic controller.
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12-17 Automobiles arrive at the drive-through window at a post office at the rate of four every 10 minutes. The average service time is 2 minutes. The Poisson distribution is appropriate for the arrival rate and service times are exponentially distributed.
a. What is the average time a car is in the system?
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