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Mining Engineering · Q18

Mine System Engineering

Engineering and GATE · Mining Engineering · question 18

Q18

In an opencast mine loading and transporting has been carried out by shovel dumper combination. There is only one shovel is in operation. Dumpers arrive at the rate of 10 dumpers per hour and it takes shovel on an average 5 minutes to load a dumper. Assume arrival is Poisson and service time is exponentially distributed. What is expected idle time of a dumper in the system?

A.
30 min
Answer
B.
60 min
C.
45 min
D.
15 min

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
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