3. The time barber Joe takes to give a haircut is exponential witb a mean of 12...

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3. The time barber Joe takes to give a haircut is exponential witb a mean of 12 minutes.

Because of his popularity, customers usually arrive (according to a Poisson distribution)

at a rate much higher than Joe can handle: six customers per hour. Joe really will feel comfortable if the arrival rate is effectively reduced to about four customers per hour. To accomplish this goal, he came up with the idea of providing limited seating in the waiting area so that newly arriving customers will go elsewhere when they discover that all the seats are taken. How many seats should Joe provide to accomplish his goal?

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