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An elevator in a manufacturing plant carries exactly 400 kilograms of material. There are three...
An elevator in a manufacturing plant carries exactly 400 kilograms of material. There are three kinds of material packaged in boxes that arrive for a ride on the elevator. These materials and their distributions of time between arrivals are as follows: 1. Material Weight (kilograms) 200 100 Interarrival Time (minutes) 5 +2 (uniform) 6 (constant) P(2) 0.33 50 P(3) 0.67 It takes the elevator I minute to go up to the second floor, 2 minutes to unload, and 1 minute to return to the first floor. The elevator does not leave the first floor unless it has a full load. Simulate I hour of operation of the system. What is the average transit time for a box of material A (time from its arrival until it is unloaded)? What is the average waiting time for a box of material B? How many boxes of material C made the trip in 1 hour?