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An automated car wash serves customers with the following serial process: pre-treat, wash, rinse, wax, hand dry. Each of these steps is performed by a dedicated machine except for the hand-dry step, which is performed manually on each car by one of three workers. The steps of the process have the following processing times:
• Pre-treat: 1 minute per car
• Wash: 5 minutes per car
• Rinse: 2 minutes per car
• Wax: 3 minutes per car
• Hand dry: 8 minutes per car
a. If the car wash has a demand of 15 cars per hour, what is the flow rate of the process?
b. If the car wash has a demand of 15 cars per hour, what is the utilization of the machine that performs the wax process?