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A subcontractor is responsible for outfitting six satellites that will be used for solar research. Four Continue to post
of the six have been completed in a total of 600 hours. If the crew has a 75 percent learning 0 questions remaining
curve, how long should it take them to finish the last two units?

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Total time required to complete four units is 600 hours. The learning curve applied is 75 percent. Management to... y...
From the learning curve coefficients table (table7S.1), it is observed that total time factor to 12th Edition 4th Edition 15th Edition
complete four units at 75% learning curve is 2.946. View all solutions

Now, calculate the time required to complete the first unit using the formula below:

Now, substitute the values in the above equation as shown below:

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Again, use the same formula to calculate the total time required to complete 6 units as shown
below:

(Note: 3.934 is the total time factor at 75% learning curve to complete 6 units taken from table
7S.1)

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In the given problem, it was asked to calculate the time required to complete the last two units
which is total time for six units minus time required for first four units.

Therefore, time required to finish the last two units = 801.198 - 600 =201.198 minutes.

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