The rogistration advisors at a small western cobege (SwC) help 2,500 students develop their class schedules and register for classes each semester. Each advisor wonss for 10 hours a day durisg the registration period. SWC currentyy has 8 advisors. While advising an individual student can take anywhere from 2 to 30 minutes, it takes an avorage of 15 minutes per studert. During the registration poriod, the 8 advisors see an average of 200 students a day on a frst-come, frst-served bosis. The bood of the rogistration advisors at 5 WC has decided that the advisors must fnisb their advising in 2 weeks (10 woeking days) and therefore must advise 250 students a day. Howevec, the average waiting time giveo a 15 -minute advising period wil resul in student conplaints, as will reducing the average advising time to 13 minutes. SWC is considering two abernatives: 1. (Click the icon to view the albernatives.) Read the regurements. Requirement 1. What would the average wait time be undor altendtive A and under attematwe B? Begin by solecting the formula to calculdote the wat time. (Wobreviatons uned: Ave = average: Hes n hourk, and Mar a maximum) 2(Maxtimearvalsble((AvestudentsperdayTmeperntestenef](Avesudedentsperday)(Timeperstudent)= Wait time Caloulate the average wat Sme under atemative A. (Eiter the amounts in the same order as shown in the formsia. Round the wat tine to two decimal naces.) \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} \hline & ( & ) \\ \hline 21 & & n \end{tabular} minutes of wat tene The registration advisors at a small western college (SWC) help 2,500 students develop their class schedules the registration period. SWC currently has 8 advisors. While advising an individual student can take anywhere registration period, the 8 advisors see an average of 200 students a day on a first-come, first-served basis. Th their advising in 2 weeks ( 10 working days) and therefore must advise 250 students a day. However, the avera will reducing the average advising time to 13 minutes. SWC is considering two alternatives: (Click the icon to view the alternatives.) Read the requirements. More info a. Hire one more advisor for the 2-week (10-working day) advising period. This will increase the available number of advisors to 9 and therefore lower the average waiting time. b. Increase the number of days that the advisors will work during the 2-week registration period to 6 days a week. If SWC increases the number of days worked to 6 per week, then the 8 advisors need only see 209 students a day to advise all of the students in 2 weeks. help 2,500 students develop their class schedules and register for classes each semester. Each advisor works for 10 hours a day during advising an individual student can take anywhere from 2 to 30 minutes, it takes an average of 15 minutes per student. During the udents a day on a first-come, first-served basis. The head of the registration advisors at SWC has decided that the advisors must finish nust advise 250 students a day. However, the average waiting time given a 15 -minute advising period will result in student complaints, as C is considering two alternatives: Requirements 1. What would the average wait time be under altemative A and under alternative B ? 2. If advisors earn $160 per day, which alternative would be cheaper for SWC (assume that if advisors work 6 days in a given work week, they will be paid time and a half for the sixth day)? 3. From a student satisfaction point of view, which of the two alternatives would be preferred? Why? The registration advisors at a small western college (SWC) help 2,500 students develop their class schedule the registration period. SWC currently has 8 advisors. While advising an individual student can take anywhere registration period, the 8 advisors see an average of 200 students a day on a first-come, first-served basis. Ti their advising in 2 weeks ( 10 working days) and therefore must advise 250 students a day. However, the aver. will reducing the average advising time to 13 minutes. SWC is considering two alternatives: (Click the icon to view the alternatives.) Read the requirements. Requirement 1. What would the average wait time be under alternativeta and under alternative B? Begin by selecting the formula to calculate the wait time. (Abbreviations used: Ave = average; Hrs = hours, and ) 2[Maxtimeavailable-(AvestudentsperdayTimeperstudent)](Avestudentsperday)(Timeperstudent)2= Wait time Calculate the average wait time under alternative A. (Enter the amounts in the same order as shown in the formule 2(11)2= minutes of wait time
