A petrol pump station has 4 pumps. The service times follow the exponential distribution with a mean of 6 min and cars arrive for service in a Poisson process at the rate of 30 cars per hour. (a) What is the probability that an arrival would have to wait in line? (b) Find the average waiting time, average time spent in the system and the average number of cars in the system.

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A petrol pump station has 4 pumps. The service times follow the exponential
distribution with a mean of 6 min and cars arrive for service in a Poisson process
at the rate of 30 cars per hour.
(a) What is the probability that an arrival would have to wait in line?
(b) Find the average waiting time, average time spent in the system and the
average number of cars in the system.
Transcribed Image Text:A petrol pump station has 4 pumps. The service times follow the exponential distribution with a mean of 6 min and cars arrive for service in a Poisson process at the rate of 30 cars per hour. (a) What is the probability that an arrival would have to wait in line? (b) Find the average waiting time, average time spent in the system and the average number of cars in the system.
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