Cambridge Instruments is an aircraft instrumentation manufacturer. It has received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to produce 30 radar units for a military fighter plane. The first unit took 85 hours to produce. Based on past experience with manufacturing similar units, Cambridge estimates that the learning rate is 93 percent. How long will it take to produce the 5th unit? The 10th? The 15th? The final unit?

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Cambridge Instruments is an aircraft instrumentation manufacturer. It has received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to produce 30 radar units for a military fighter plane. The first unit took 85 hours to produce. Based on past experience with manufacturing similar units, Cambridge estimates that the learning rate is 93 percent. How long will it take to produce the 5th unit? The 10th? The 15th? The final unit?

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