What is the mean arrival rate in jobs per hour? If required, round your answer to two decimal places. fill in the blank 1 per hour What is the mean service rate in jobs per hour? If required, round your answer to four decimal places. fill in the blank 2 per hour What is the average number of jobs waiting for service? If required, round your answer to three decimal places. fill in the blank 3

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Section10.6: The Effects Of Input Distributions On Results
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ubser Welding, Inc., operates a welding service for construction and automotive repair jobs. Assume that the arrival of jobs at the company's office can be described by a Poisson probability distribution with an arrival rate of one job per 8-hour day. The time required to complete the jobs follows a normal probability distribution, with a mean time of 5.5 hours and a standard deviation of 2 hours. Answer the following questions, assuming that Gubser uses one welder to complete all jobs:

 

  1. What is the mean arrival rate in jobs per hour? If required, round your answer to two decimal places.

    fill in the blank 1 per hour

  2. What is the mean service rate in jobs per hour? If required, round your answer to four decimal places.

    fill in the blank 2 per hour

  3. What is the average number of jobs waiting for service? If required, round your answer to three decimal places.

    fill in the blank 3

  4. What is the average time a job waits before the welder can begin working on it? If required, round your answer to one decimal place.

    fill in the blank 4 hours

  5. What is the average number of hours between when a job is received and when it is completed? If required, round your answer to one decimal place.

    fill in the blank 5 hours

  6. What percentage of the time is Gubser's welder busy?

    fill in the blank 6% of the time the welder is busy. 
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