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1. During the early morning hours, customers arrive at a branch post office at a

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Question

1. During the early morning hours, customers arrive at a branch post office at an average rate of 45 per hour (Poisson), while clerks can handle transactions in an average time (exponential) of 4 minutes each.

For 5 clerks, what is the service rate (mu)

2. A design engineer wants to construct a sample mean chart for controlling the service life of a halogen headlamp his company produces. He has the following sample data available and knows his long-term sample mean has been about 500 hours.

Sample

Service Life (Hours)

1

495

500

505

500

2

525

515

505

515

3

490

500

480

490

If the specification is for engine life to be at least 475 hours, what is the Cpk (process capability)? Use one decimal place

Sample

Service Life (Hours)

1

495

500

505

500

2

525

515

505

515

3

490

500

480

490

Explanation / Answer

1 cutomer in 4 min

hence service rate for clerk

=15 / hour

for 5 clerk

service rate = 15 *5 = 75 per hour

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