From historical data, Harry's Car Wash estimates that dirty cars arrive at the rate of 10 per hour all day Saturday. With a crew working the wash line, Harry figures that cars can be cleaned at the rate of one every 5 minutes. One car at a time is cleaned in this example of a single-channel waiting line.
Assuming Poisson arrivals and exponential service times, find the
(a) average number of cars inline.
(b) average time a car waits before it is washed.
(c) average time a car spends in the service system.
(d) utilization rate of the car wash.
(e) probability that no cars are in the system.