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Question 1

A company is preparing a bid on a government contract for 40 units of a certain product. The operations manager estimates the assembly time required for the first two units to be 10.4 hours and 8.3 hours, respectively.

a. What is the appropriate learning curve?
b. What is the average time per unit for the 40 units?
c. Which unit, if any, will require approximately one-half the time of the first unit?

Question 2

A small manufacturer builds wooden pleasure boats in a craftsman manner by traditional labour-intensive methods. The first boat is estimated to take 650 hours of skilled labour, which cost $40 per hour. They currently have three workers that can work 2,000 hours a year. They assume that there is a 90% learning rate. How many boats can they make in their first year?
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