A campus deli serves 101 customers over its busy lunch period from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. A quick count of the number of customers waiting in line and being served by the sandwich makers shows that an average of 18 customers are in process at any point in time. What is the average amount of time (in minute) that a customer spends in process?

21.38 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

the total number served = 101

teh number of hours that is spent in serving from 11.30 to 1.30 = 2 hours

Lq = average number of those that are in line = 18 customers

from here we are to find the flow rate

=

= 101/2 = 50.5

the average time in waiting =

Lq/flow rate

= 18/50.5

= 0.3564 hours

convert to minutes = 0.3564 * 60 minutes

= 21.38 minutes

b. 6

step-by-step explanation:

we are given the table representing an exponential function.

we can see from the table that, as x is increasing, the value of y is increasing in the power of 6.

i.e. the following relation is obtained,

x = 1, y = 6

x = 2, y = 36 =

x = 3, y = 216 =

x = 4, y = 1296 =

x = 5, y = 7776 =

so, the geometric series obtained is .

thus, the common ratio is given by = = 6.

hence, the common ratio is 6.