Question

An auto service center that specializes in oil changes has two service bays that serve, on average, a total of 24 cars per eight-hour business day. On average, each bay can finish one oil change in 30 minutes.

What is the design capacity? 30 min per oil change per bay (8 hr day x 2 (30 min each) =16 x 2 bays =?)

Answer 1

`32`

Explanation:

Given

Number of service bays
`= 2`

Time taken by each bay to finish one oil change
`= 30 minutes`

Working capacity
`= 8` hours per day

Thus, in
`8` hours the total number of times one bay has changed the oil is equal to

`(8 * 2 * 30)/(30) \\= 16`

If one service bay's capacity is equal to
`16`, capacity of two service bays is equal to

`16 * 2 \\= 32`

Thus, the design capacity is
`32`