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A 1.3.3 Worksheet Answers

Task 1. Traces: First-come first-served (P1, P2, P3): P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1 P2 P3 P3 P3 Round robin (quantum = 2): P1 P1 P2 P3 P3 P1 P1 P3 P1 P1 Teacher note on waiting times, if you choose to extend: first-come first-served gives P1 = 0, P2 = 6, P3 = 7 (average 4.33); round robin gives P1 = 4, P2 = 2, P3 = 5 (average 3.67). The point for the class is the pattern, not the arithmetic: first-come first-served leaves the...

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