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A barbershop near a university campus has 4 barbers who each spend an average of 15 minutes cutting each customer's hair. Customers arrive at a rate of 12 per hour and wait their turn for the next available barber. The arrivals and service times follow a Poisson and exponential distribution respectively. The questions ask to calculate probabilities and averages related to customer wait times and barber utilization.

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Assignment 4

A barbershop near a university campus has 4 barbers who each spend an average of 15 minutes cutting each customer's hair. Customers arrive at a rate of 12 per hour and wait their turn for the next available barber. The arrivals and service times follow a Poisson and exponential distribution respectively. The questions ask to calculate probabilities and averages related to customer wait times and barber utilization.

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QUESTION

Top Cutz International Barbershop is a popular haircutting and styling salon near the campus
of the KCA University, Ruaraka. Four barbers work full-time and spend an average of 15
minutes on each customer. Customers arrive all day long at an average rate of 12 per hour.
When they enter, they take a number to wait for the first available barber. Arrivals tend to
follow the Poisson distribution, and service times are exponentially distributed.

REQUIRED

(a) What is the probability that the shop is empty? [1Mark]


(b) What is the average number of customers in the barbershop? [2Marks]
(c) What is the average time spent in the shop? [2Marks]
(d) What is the average time that a customer spends waiting to be called to the barber chair?
[2Marks]
(e) What is the average number waiting to be served? [1Mark]
(f) What is the shop's utilization factor? [1Mark]
(g) Sal's is thinking of adding a fifth barber. How will this affect the utilization rate?
[1Mark]

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