20. Consider a two-server system in which a customer is served first by server 1, then by...

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20. Consider a two-server system in which a customer is served first by server 1, then by server 2, and then departs. The service times at server i are exponential random variables with rates .

When you arrive, you find server 1 free and two customers at server 2—customer A in service and customer B waiting in line.

(a) Find , the probability that A is still in service when you move over to server 2.

(b) Find , the probability that B is still in the system when you move over to server 2.

(c) Find , where T is the time that you spend in the system.

Hint: Write whereI mage is your service time at server is the amount of time you wait in queue while A is being served, and is the amount of time you wait in queue while B is being served.

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