The Peachtree Airport in Atlanta serves light aircraft. It has a single runway a

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The Peachtree Airport in Atlanta serves light aircraft. It has a single runway and one air traffic controller to landplanes. It takes an airplane 12 minutes to land and clear therunway. Planes arrive at the airport at the rate of four perhour. Q. The FAA has a rule that an air traffic controllercan, on average, land planes a maximum of 45 minutes out of everyhour. There must be 15 minutes of idle time available torelieve the tension. Will this airport have to hire an extraair traffic controller? The Peachtree Airport in Atlanta serves light aircraft. It has a single runway and one air traffic controller to landplanes. It takes an airplane 12 minutes to land and clear therunway. Planes arrive at the airport at the rate of four perhour. Q. The FAA has a rule that an air traffic controllercan, on average, land planes a maximum of 45 minutes out of everyhour. There must be 15 minutes of idle time available torelieve the tension. Will this airport have to hire an extraair traffic controller?

Explanation / Answer

The answer is yes they will have to hire another trafficcontroller. 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 48 A traffic controller can only work a max of 45 minutes and theplanes take 48 minutes to land. This exceeds the maximum and theytherefore must hire another controller.

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