Question: 5. On an average 96 patients per 24 hours require the service of an emergency clinic. Also, on average, a patient requires 10 minutes of

5. On an average 96 patients per 24 hours require the service of an emergency clinic. Also, on average, a patient requires 10 minutes of active attention. Assume that the facility can handle only one emergency at a time. Suppose that it costs the clinic Rs. 100 per patient treated to obtain an average servicing time of 10 minutes, and that each minute of decrease in this average time would cost Rs. 10 per patient treated. How much would have to be budgeted by the clinic to decrease the average size of the queue from 1 patients to

½ patient.

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