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Little's law can be applied to any part of the store, such as a particular department or the checkout lines. The store owner determines that, during business hours, approximately 84 shoppers per hour make a purchase and each of these shoppers spend an average of 5 minutes in the checkout line. At any time during business hours, about how many shoppers, on average, are waiting in the checkout line to make a purchase at the Good Deals Store?​

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TheExtraterrestrial

Given,

Number of shoppers per hour (during business hours) = 84

Time spent by each shopper (average) = 5 minutes.

Now,

→ 60 mins (1 hour) = 84 shoppers

→ 60 = 84

→ 84/60

→ 1.4

→ 1.4 × 5 = 7

→ 7 shoppers on an average, are waiting in the checkout line to purchase at the "Good Deals store"

onyebuchinnaji

The number of shoppers, on average waiting in the checkout line to make a purchase at the Good Deals Store is 7 shoppers.

The given parameters:

  • Number of shoppers per hour = 84
  • Time spent in the checkout line = 5 mins

The average number of shoppers per minute at the Good deals store is calculated as follows;

[tex]n = \frac{84 \ }{hr} \times \frac{1 \ hr}{60 \min} \\\\n = 1.4 \ shoppers/ \min[/tex]

The number of shoppers, on average waiting in the checkout line to make a purchase at the Good Deals Store is calculated as follows;

[tex]number \ of \ shoppers = 1.4 \ \frac{shoppers}{\min} \ \times \ 5 \min\\\\number \ of \ shoppers = 7 \ shoppers[/tex]

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