Write a program in C++ that simulates a checkout line at a supermarket. The line is a queue object. Customers (i.e. cust

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Write a program in C++ that simulates a checkout line at a supermarket. The line is a queue object. Customers (i.e. cust

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Write a program in C++ that simulates a checkout line at a supermarket. The line is a queue object. Customers (i.e. customer objects) arrive in random integer intervals of 1-4 minutes, also, each customer is served in random integers intervals of 1-4 minutes. Obviously, the rates need to be balanced. If the average arrival rate is larger than the average service rate, the queue will grow infinitely. Even with balanced rates, randomness can still cause long lines. Run the supermarket simulation for a 2-hour period (120 minutes) using the following algorithm:
Choose a random integer from 1 to 4 to determine the minute at which the first customer arrives
At the first customer’s arrival time:
Determine customer’s service time
Begin servicing the customer;
Schedule arrival time of next customers
For each minute of the day
If the next customer arrives, Say so, enqueue the customer, and schedule the arrival time of the next customer.
If the services was completed for the last customer, Say so, dequeue next customer to be serviced and determined customer’s service completion time (random integer 1 – 4 added to the current time).
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