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Speedy Delivery, a New Mail Service Firm, Rents Docking and Unloading

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Speedy Delivery, a new mail service firm, rents docking and unloading bays from its friendly competitor at a cost of $200\$ 200 per hour, which includes the cost of unloading the crew. Each bay can unload at a rate of 2 trucks per hour. Trucks arrive at its facility at the rate of 4 per hour, and the trucking company charges $300\$ 300 per hour of time spent by the truck in the system. The arrivals are Poisson, and service is exponential. At present the firm rents 3 bays. From appropriate table, Lq\mathrm{L}_{\mathrm{q}} was found to be 0.45 . The total hourly cost of bay and truck unloading and waiting cost will be


A) $735\$ 735
B) $1,035\$ 1,035
C) $600\$ 600
D) $435\$ 435

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