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The capacity of a resource is the average flow rate of that resource. Hint: think about that the demand rate defines the flow rate when the demand is low.

One employee is in charge of the following activities at a bank’s drive-through: Activity Activity Time per Customer Greet customer 3 seconds Take order 5 seconds Process order 3 minutes Print receipt 12 seconds What is the capacity (in customers per hour) of the employee? Hint: this is one resource. What is the total activity time per customer? 1 minute =60 seconds. Capacity = 1/processing time (per second). Cpacity per hour = capacity per second * “how many seconds per hour”.

8. What is the empirical formula of an oxide of nitrogen that contains 63.64% nitrogen by mass? a. NO b. NO2 c. N2O d. N2O5

A resource with a utilization of less than 100% cannot be the bottleneck. Hint: Alex Dua asked this question in class. Again, think about low demand rate.

Which of the following statements about a process is TRUE? Hint: why would I allow you to use the calculator??? I thought we also learned process diagrams.

What is the purpose of the Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT)?

Is the integrand given below proper or improper? [type] What technique(s) of integration would be used to evaluate the integral? [techniques]

A clinical trial accepts 2000 new patients each month. Half of the patients are taking a placebo for 3 months. How many patients are taking the placebo on average at any given time? Hint: use Little’s Law: Inventory = Flow Rate * Flow time. Flow rate = number of patients per unit of time (month). How many patients each month? Note: among these patients, how many are taking the placebo? Flow time: how many months here?

What happens in individuals with the h/h (Bombay phenotype)?

Which of the following can cause a mixed-field reaction?