Question

Under ideal​ conditions, a service bay at a Fast Lube can serve 6 cars per hour. The effective capacity of a Fast Lube service bay is 5.5 cars per​ hour, with efficiency known to be 0.88. The minimum number of service bays Fast Lube needs to achieve an anticipated production of 200 cars per 8​-hour day​ = 5.68 service bays ​(enter your response rounded up to the next whole​ number).

Answer 1

5 service bays

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the minimum number of service bays is shown below:

But before that first we have to find out the effective capacity and one day capacity which is

Effective Capacity is

= 5.5 cars per hours × 0.88

= 4.84 cars

Now one day capacity for one service bay is

= 4.84 cars × 8 hours

= 38.72 cars

So, to produce 200 cars, the minimum number of service bays is

= 200 cars ÷ 38.72

= 5 service bays