The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Ratay Ishfaq's software firm in Chicago, their durations, what activities each must precede and the crash cost to reduce duration per Duration (weeks) Crash Cost Week Activity A (start) B C E F(end) 3 2 6 2 4 A Activity Precedes B.C E F F Suppose that Ralay is only given 10 weeks (instead of 13) to complete the project. By how many weeks should each activity be crashed in order to r at the deadline? Assume activity down to 0 weeks duration $380 $110 $240 Each Activity Should be Reduced BY (weeks) $160 $400 can crash an
The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Ratay Ishfaq's software firm in Chicago, their durations, what activities each must precede and the crash cost to reduce duration per Duration (weeks) Crash Cost Week Activity A (start) B C E F(end) 3 2 6 2 4 A Activity Precedes B.C E F F Suppose that Ralay is only given 10 weeks (instead of 13) to complete the project. By how many weeks should each activity be crashed in order to r at the deadline? Assume activity down to 0 weeks duration $380 $110 $240 Each Activity Should be Reduced BY (weeks) $160 $400 can crash an
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←
week:
Crash
Cost/Week
Activity
A (start)
B
С
E
F(end)
Duration
(weeks)
3
2
6
2
Activity
A
Precedes
B, C
E
F
F
Suppose that Rafay is only given 10 weeks (instead of 13) to complete the project. By how many weeks should each activity be crashed in order to meet the deadline? Assume that you can crash an
activity down to 0 weeks duration
$380
$110
$240
$160
$400
Each Activity
Should be Reduced
BY](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff1b35bbd-9a7b-4095-9828-537a6266d726%2F76676589-9882-4bbe-a684-e4535d65d7d4%2Fl28xirf_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Rafay Ishfaq's software firm in Chicago, their durations, what activities each must precede and the crash cost to reduce duration per
←
week:
Crash
Cost/Week
Activity
A (start)
B
С
E
F(end)
Duration
(weeks)
3
2
6
2
Activity
A
Precedes
B, C
E
F
F
Suppose that Rafay is only given 10 weeks (instead of 13) to complete the project. By how many weeks should each activity be crashed in order to meet the deadline? Assume that you can crash an
activity down to 0 weeks duration
$380
$110
$240
$160
$400
Each Activity
Should be Reduced
BY
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