What is the total crashing cost? S 051?$(5 (Enter your response as a whole number)

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The following is a table of activites associated with a project at Ratay Ishtag'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
G
E
F (end)
What is the total crashing cost? $ (Enter your response as a whole number)
Duration
(weeks)
1
1
4
2
2
A
B
Suppose that Rafay is only given 5 weeks (instead of 7) 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
Oweeks duration
Activity
G
E
F
Precedes
B,C
E
F
F
Each Activity
Should be Reduced
BY
(days)
$400
$100
$200
$300
$400
week(s)
wook(s)
wook(s)
Transcribed Image Text:The following is a table of activites associated with a project at Ratay Ishtag'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 G E F (end) What is the total crashing cost? $ (Enter your response as a whole number) Duration (weeks) 1 1 4 2 2 A B Suppose that Rafay is only given 5 weeks (instead of 7) 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 Oweeks duration Activity G E F Precedes B,C E F F Each Activity Should be Reduced BY (days) $400 $100 $200 $300 $400 week(s) wook(s) wook(s)
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