Customers Enter the Waiting Line at a Cafeteria on a First-Come

Multiple Choice

Customers enter the waiting line at a cafeteria on a first-come, first-served basis.The arrival rate follows a Poisson distribution, while service times follow an exponential distribution.If the average number of arrivals is four per minute and the average service rate of a single server is seven per minute, what is the average number of customers waiting in line behind the person being served?

A) 0.76
B) 0.19
C) 1.33
D) 1.67