Manceville Air has just produced the first unit of a large industrial compressor that incorporated new technology in the control circuits and a new internal venting system. The first unit took 116 hours of labor to manufacture. The company knows from past experience that this labor content will decrease significantly as more units are produced. In reviewing past production​ data, it appears that the company has experienced a 80​% learning curve when producing similar designs. The company is interested in estimating the total time to complete the next 7 units. Your job as the production cost estimator is to prepare the estimate. Refer to table below:   ​80% ​80% 85% Unit Number​ (N) Unit Time Total Time Unit Time 85% Total Time 90% Unit Time 90% Total Time 8 .512 5.346 .614 5.936 .729 6.574   Total manufacturing time for​ the= Manufacturing time for the last 7 units​ (i.e., units 2 thru​ 8)=

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Manceville Air has just produced the first unit of a large industrial compressor that incorporated new technology in the control circuits and a new internal venting system. The first unit took 116 hours of labor to manufacture. The company knows from past experience that this labor content will decrease significantly as more units are produced. In reviewing past production​ data, it appears that the company has experienced a 80​% learning curve when producing similar designs. The company is interested in estimating the total time to complete the next 7 units.
Your job as the production cost estimator is to prepare the estimate. Refer to table below:
 
​80%
​80%
85%
Unit Number​ (N)
Unit
Time
Total
Time
Unit
Time
85% Total
Time
90% Unit
Time
90% Total
Time
8
.512
5.346
.614
5.936
.729
6.574

 

Total manufacturing time for​ the=
Manufacturing time for the last 7 units​ (i.e., units 2 thru​ 8)=
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