The following link leads to an animation that performs the parking lot simulation described in the text.
Experiment with the animation.
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/esm/esm_larson_statlet_questions_2e/Pick_a_Lane_Statlet/pick.html
In your opinion, which strategy—“Pick a Row” or “Cycling”—saves most time? After comparing the time to walk and drive, which strategy are you likely to choose.
Explain your answer.
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Well looking at this with a logical approach, picking a parking spot takes a much shorter time per car assuming you know where the space is rather than cycling until one opens up or becomes visible. This however changes based on how full the lot is compared to the distance from your vehicle to the door. When the parking lot is close to full, picking a spot doesn’t work as well because it becomes difficult to find an exact spot as opposed to cycling where you wait for a spot to become available or come within your vision. When the parking lot is close to empty, it takes a shorter amount of time to park and make it to the door than cycling since you have greater choice opportunities.
ReplyDeletePick a lane is faster than cycling.
ReplyDelete50% full is quicker in time because there are more spaces open. Also it is shorter in walking because you can find a closer space to your walking destination.
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At 50% full cycling saves more time. I would like to choose cycling for my preference.
pick
time space 51.4
time door 68.7
walking 190f
cycling
time space 43.6
time door 59.
walking 167f
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ReplyDeleteThe cycling method is more reasonable in regard to time and distance overall. When the parking-lot is at 50 to 75% the difference in walking distance is significantly different (less). At 50%, the time to space and door is extremely decreased, there is little change at 75% except for the overall distance to the door. Overall, cycling would be the more rational choice when finding and selecting a parking space.
I think no matter how full the parking lot is your gonna find that just picking a row save time. If the parking lot it 50 full your gonna find a open spot up front closer to the door. If the parking lot is 95% full you have better chances of just picking a row and parking because most likley you'll be driving around looking for that close spot.
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with both cycling and pick a lane, we would rather come to the parking lot when the parking lot is 75% full, as there are still a lot of good parking spots available to choose from which makes walking shorter, and since the lot is already 75% full you can make a quiker decision on where to park makeing your parking time shorter
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Cycling because it is consistently the lowest time.
Regardless of whether the lot is 50%, 75%, or 95% full; using a sample of ten entries for each method (pick a lane v. cycling); the upward linear trend for time savings by cycling as opposed to pick-a-lane, based on lot occupancy, is significant (see e-mail).
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