American vending supplies vended food to a large university


American Vending Part B) American Vending supplies vended food to a large university. Because students often kick the machines out of anger and frustration, management has a constant repair problem. The machines break down in a mean of 1/3 hours with a standard deviation of 1/3 hours. One repair worker can service one machine in a mean of 1/5 hours with a standard deviation of 1/5 hours. Currently, three repair workers are hired. Each maintenance worker is paid $4 per hour and downtime costs the company $25 per hour per machine. (American Vending Part B) Use the queueing template posted on Blackboard to calculate the average flow times (W) below.

a) For one repair worker, the average flow time is ___. [Answer format: one decimal place]

b) For two repair workers, the average flow time is ___. [Answer format: three decimal places]

c) For three repair workers, the average flow time is ___. [Answer format: three decimal places]

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