National Co. manufactures specialty components for the electronics industry in a highly labor intensive environment.  Filipina Electronics has asked National to bid on a component that National made for Filipina last month.  The previous order was for 80 units and required 150 hours of direct labor to manufacture.  Filipina would now like 240 additional components.  National experiences an 80% learning curve on all of its jobs.  The number of direct labor hours needed for National to complete the 240 additional components is      360.0 187.2 307.2

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National Co. manufactures specialty components for the electronics industry in a highly labor intensive environment.  Filipina Electronics has asked National to bid on a component that National made for Filipina last month.  The previous order was for 80 units and required 150 hours of direct labor to manufacture.  Filipina would now like 240 additional components.  National experiences an 80% learning curve on all of its jobs.  The number of direct labor hours needed for National to complete the 240 additional components is
 
  
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187.2
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