The assembly line process for a manufacturing company requires the completion of eight tasks to assemble one unit of a product. The table below shows the task numbers, task times, and precede tasks. The diagram below show the precedent relationships for the eight tasks. The company CEO set a target throughput rate of 400 units per day. The company’s factory design plan calls for the assembly line to operate 7.2 hours a day for five days a week.Task #Task Time (seconds)Task Time (minutes)Preceding Tasks#114.00.23None#226.00.43#1#310.00.17#2#418.00.30#1#523.00.38#4#612.00.20#5, #7#725.00.42None#820.00.33#3, #6Sum148.02.47If the assembly line described in Question #6 is balanced using the “shortest task time first” decision rule, which of the following set of tasks will be assigned to the first workstation of this assembly line?Task #1, Task #7, Task #4 Task #1, Task #4, Task #5 Task #1, Task #7, Task #2 Task #1, Task #2, Task #3 Task #1, Task #2, Task #4

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The assembly line process for a manufacturing company requires the completion of eight tasks to assemble one unit of a product. The table below shows the task numbers, task times, and precede tasks. The diagram below show the precedent relationships for the eight tasks. The company CEO set a target throughput rate of 400 units per day. The company’s factory design plan calls for the assembly line to operate 7.2 hours a day for five days a week.

Task #	Task Time (seconds)	Task Time (minutes)	Preceding Tasks
#1	14.0	0.23	None
#2	26.0	0.43	#1
#3	10.0	0.17	#2
#4	18.0	0.30	#1
#5	23.0	0.38	#4
#6	12.0	0.20	#5, #7
#7	25.0	0.42	None
#8	20.0	0.33	#3, #6
Sum	148.0	2.47

If the assembly line described in Question #6 is balanced using the “shortest task time first” decision rule, which of the following set of tasks will be assigned to the first workstation of this assembly line?

Task #1, Task #7, Task #4

Task #1, Task #4, Task #5

Task #1, Task #7, Task #2

Task #1, Task #2, Task #3

Task #1, Task #2, Task #4

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