New York Building Corporation uses the critical path method to monitor construction jobs. The company is     currently 2 weeks behind schedule on Job #181, which is subject to a P10,500 per week completion penalty.     Path A-B-C-F-G-H-I has a normal completion time of 20 weeks, and critical path A-D-E-F-G-H-I has a normal     completion time of 22 weeks. The following activities can be crashed.                Activities                         Cost to Crash 1 Week                 Cost to Crash 2 Weeks                    BC                                     P  8,000                                          P15,000                    DE                                       10,000                                            19,600                    EF                                         8,800                                             19,500         REQUIRED: New York Building desires to reduce the normal completion time Job #181 and, at the same time, report                    the highest possible income for the year. New York Building should crash a. Activity BC 1 week and activity EF 1 week c. Activity EF 2 weeks b. Activity DE 1 week and activity BC 1 week        d. Activity DE 1 week and activity EF 1 week

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. New York Building Corporation uses the critical path method to monitor construction jobs. The company is

    currently 2 weeks behind schedule on Job #181, which is subject to a P10,500 per week completion penalty.

    Path A-B-C-F-G-H-I has a normal completion time of 20 weeks, and critical path A-D-E-F-G-H-I has a normal

    completion time of 22 weeks. The following activities can be crashed.

 

             Activities                         Cost to Crash 1 Week                 Cost to Crash 2 Weeks

                   BC                                     P  8,000                                          P15,000

                   DE                                       10,000                                            19,600

                   EF                                         8,800                                             19,500

 

      REQUIRED:

  1. New York Building desires to reduce the normal completion time Job #181 and, at the same time, report

                   the highest possible income for the year. New York Building should crash

a. Activity BC 1 week and activity EF 1 week c. Activity EF 2 weeks

b. Activity DE 1 week and activity BC 1 week        d. Activity DE 1 week and activity EF 1 week

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