•3.30 Three activities are candidates for crashing on a pro- ject network for a large computer installation (all are, of course, critical). Activity details are in the following table: ACTIVITY CESSOR PREDE- NORMAL NORMAL CRASH COST CRASH COST TIME TIME A 7 days $6,000 6 days $6,600 в 2 days 9 days B A 4 days 1,200 3,000 B 11 days 4,000 6,000 a) What action would you take to reduce the critical path by 1 day? b) Assuming no other paths become critical, what action would you take to reduce the critical path one additional day? c) What is the total cost of the 2-day reduction? Px
•3.30 Three activities are candidates for crashing on a pro- ject network for a large computer installation (all are, of course, critical). Activity details are in the following table: ACTIVITY CESSOR PREDE- NORMAL NORMAL CRASH COST CRASH COST TIME TIME A 7 days $6,000 6 days $6,600 в 2 days 9 days B A 4 days 1,200 3,000 B 11 days 4,000 6,000 a) What action would you take to reduce the critical path by 1 day? b) Assuming no other paths become critical, what action would you take to reduce the critical path one additional day? c) What is the total cost of the 2-day reduction? Px
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![.3.30 Three activities are candidates for crashing on a pro-
ject network for a large computer installation (all are, of course,
critical). Activity details are in the following table:
PREDE- NORMAL NORMAL
CRASH
TIME
CRASH
ACTIVITY CESSOR
TIME
COST
COST
7 days
$6,000
6 days
$6,600
A
B
A
4 days
1,200
2 days
3,000
11 days
9 days
6,000
B
4,000
a) What action would you take to reduce the critical path by
1 day?
b) Assuming no other paths become critical, what action would
you take to reduce the critical path one additional day?
c) What is the total cost of the 2-day reduction? Px](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F75b7aa4a-bf63-4349-bbbb-717780719b13%2F264c582e-e647-48b2-bec3-f883828f27d0%2Fudmyf9f_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:.3.30 Three activities are candidates for crashing on a pro-
ject network for a large computer installation (all are, of course,
critical). Activity details are in the following table:
PREDE- NORMAL NORMAL
CRASH
TIME
CRASH
ACTIVITY CESSOR
TIME
COST
COST
7 days
$6,000
6 days
$6,600
A
B
A
4 days
1,200
2 days
3,000
11 days
9 days
6,000
B
4,000
a) What action would you take to reduce the critical path by
1 day?
b) Assuming no other paths become critical, what action would
you take to reduce the critical path one additional day?
c) What is the total cost of the 2-day reduction? Px
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