University Sports Center (Little's Law) University Sports Center reception desk registers on average 650 visitors on a regular day (from 7am to 10pm), of which on average 300 are during peak hours from 5pm till 7pm. Each visitor spends on average 45 minutes in the Sports Center. 1. How many visitors are on average in the Sports Center? 2. How many visitors are on average in the Sports Center during the peak hours?

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In this exercise, should we convert the average registered visitors to "per hour" in order to answer the questions or we keep them as 650 and 300?

University Sports Center (Little's Law)
University Sports Center reception desk registers on average 650 visitors on a regular day (from 7am to
10pm), of which on average 300 are during peak hours from 5pm till 7pm. Each visitor spends on
average 45 minutes in the Sports Center.
1. How many visitors are on average in the Sports Center?
2. How many visitors are on average in the Sports Center during the peak hours?
Transcribed Image Text:University Sports Center (Little's Law) University Sports Center reception desk registers on average 650 visitors on a regular day (from 7am to 10pm), of which on average 300 are during peak hours from 5pm till 7pm. Each visitor spends on average 45 minutes in the Sports Center. 1. How many visitors are on average in the Sports Center? 2. How many visitors are on average in the Sports Center during the peak hours?
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Therefore the number of visitors on average in the
sports center:
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60
=487.5
487 visitors.
2. Number of visitors during the peak hour= 300
45
60
=225 visitors.
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Transcribed Image Text:10:46 ull AA A bartleby.com = bartleby ® Q&A Business / Operations Management / Q&A Library / Univ... University Sports Center reception des... W=Average amount of time an item used to spend in queueing system. Therefore the number of visitors on average in the sports center: 45 L= 650 × 60 =487.5 487 visitors. 2. Number of visitors during the peak hour= 300 45 60 =225 visitors. Was this solution helpful?
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