Wall, Corp. (Wall) is the leading manufacturer of drywall in the United States. Dry, Inc. (Dry) has announced plans to begin selling a new and improved type of drywall starting next year. To maintain their position as the leading manufacturer, and to compete with Dry, Wall decided to start producing an improved type of drywall as well. When the production line started, it took 29 hours to make the first batch of 100 8' by 4' sheets. Wall estimates the learning rate to be 75%. Forecasting the cumulative average time per batch to make the first seven batches of 8' by 4' sheets, and using that average, what is the total production hours to make these seven batches of sheets?
Wall, Corp. (Wall) is the leading manufacturer of drywall in the United States. Dry, Inc. (Dry) has announced plans to begin selling a new and improved type of drywall starting next year. To maintain their position as the leading manufacturer, and to compete with Dry, Wall decided to start producing an improved type of drywall as well. When the production line started, it took 29 hours to make the first batch of 100 8' by 4' sheets. Wall estimates the learning rate to be 75%.
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