Application of queues in real life?

Answer 1

Real life examples:-

a) People standing in a line to board a bus:- The person who stand first in the line get into the bus first and the person who stand last in the line board the bus last. This follows the First-in-first-out (FIFO) principle of queue.

b) Phone answering system :- Person who would call first gets a response first and the person who would call last gets the response last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.

c) Person waiting outside cinema hall:- Person who would be checked first will get into the cinema hall first and the person who would be checked last would get into the cinema hall last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.

d) Luggage checking machine:- Luggage that would be put first in the machine would be checked first and the luggage that will be put at the last would be checked last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.

e) Patient wait outside the clinic :- Patient who come first visit the doctor first and the patient who comes last visit the doctor last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.

f) Vehicles on toll-tax bridge :- The vehicles that comes first to the toll tax booth will leave the booth first and the vehicle that comes last would leave the booth last. This follows the FIFO principle of queue.

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