The Department of the Navy estimates that the learning rate for shipbuilding is 80%. Assuming the 80% rate applies to nuclear submarines, how long should it take to build the 12th vessel, if the first one took 62 months to complete?
The Department of the Navy estimates that the learning rate for shipbuilding is 80%. Assuming the 80% rate applies to nuclear submarines, how long should it take to build the 12th vessel, if the first one took 62 months to complete?
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The Department of the Navy estimates that the learning rate for shipbuilding is 80%.
Assuming the 80% rate applies to nuclear submarines, how long should it take to build the 12th vessel, if the first one took 62 months to complete?
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The Department of the Navy estimates that the learning rate for shipbuilding is 80%.
Assuming the 80% rate applies to nuclear submarines, how long should it take to build the
12th vessel, if the first one took 62 months to complete?
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|Q11.6.
The Department of the Navy estimates that the learning rate for shipbuilding is 80%.
Assuming the 80% rate applies to nuclear submarines, how long should it take to build the
12th vessel, if the first one took 62 months to complete?
97%
2 out of 3
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Learning rate = 80%
Time taken by first ship to build = 62 months
Cumulative units of production = 12
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