The Bijou Theater shows vintage movies. Customers arrive at the theater line at the rate of 100 per hour. The ticket seller averages 30 seconds per customer, which includes placing validation stamps on customers' parking lot receipts and punching their frequent watcher cards. (Because of these added services, many customers don't get in until after the feature has started.) Use Exhibit 10.9. a. What is the average customer time in the system? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete and correct. 3.00 minutes Average customer time b. What would be the effect on customer time in the system of having a second ticket taker doing nothing but validations and card punching, thereby cutting the average service time to 20 seconds? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.) Answer is complete and correct. 0.750 minutes Average time in system

The Bijou Theater shows vintage movies. Customers arrive at the theater line at the rate of 100 per hour. The ticket seller averages 30 seconds per customer, which includes placing validation stamps on customers' parking lot receipts and punching their frequent watcher cards. (Because of these added services, many customers don't get in until after the feature has started.) Use Exhibit 10.9. a. What is the average customer time in the system? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Answer is complete and correct. 3.00 minutes Average customer time b. What would be the effect on customer time in the system of having a second ticket taker doing nothing but validations and card punching, thereby cutting the average service time to 20 seconds? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.) Answer is complete and correct. 0.750 minutes Average time in system

Practical Management Science

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ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

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