(All Steps) The Hair Port is a hair-styling salon at Riverside Mall. Four stylists are always available to serve customers on a first-come, first-served basis.
Question: The Hair Port is a hair-styling salon at Riverside Mall. Four stylists are always available to serve customers on a first-come, first-served basis. Customers arrive at an average rate of four per hour (Poisson distributed), and the stylists spend an average of 45 minutes (exponentially distributed) on each customer.
- Determine the average number of customers in the salon, the average time a customer must wait, and the average number waiting to be served.
- The salon manager is considering adding a fifth stylist. Would this have a significant impact on waiting time?
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