a toll road with three tolls booths has an arrival rate of 1000 veh/h and vehicle...

a toll road with three tolls booths has an arrival rate of 1000 veh/h and vehicle are processed at the rate of 8 veh/min . if the arrival rate and departure times are exponentially distribution ,how would the probability of waiting in a queue change if a fourth toll booth were opened

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