A hotel hosts banquets for conferences in a large ballroom with tables of ten. Servers must get the meals from the kitchen, bring them out to the tables, and then place the meals on the tables. It takes three minutes to get the meals, bring them out to the tables, and then 18 seconds to serve each guest. Use the Service Capacity Excel template to answer the following questions.
a If 24 servers are available, how many tables can be served in 24 minutes? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.
b The hotel wants to be able to serve 160 tables in 24 minutes. How many servers are needed? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.