You need to develop a labor time estimate for a customer order of 20 network installations. It is estimated that the first installation will require 45 hours of labor and a learning curve of 80 percent is expected.       ● Table 11.9 Learning Curve Coefficients       70%   75%   80%   85%   90% Unit Number   Unit Time   Total Time   Unit Time   Total Time   Unit Time   Total Time   Unit Time   Total Time   Unit Time   Total

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You need to develop a labor time estimate for a customer order of 20 network installations. It is estimated that the first installation will require 45 hours of labor and a learning curve of 80 percent is expected.


     
● Table 11.9 Learning Curve Coefficients  
   
70%
 
75%
 
80%
 
85%
 
90%
Unit
Number
 
Unit
Time
 
Total
Time
 
Unit
Time
 
Total
Time
 
Unit
Time
 
Total
Time
 
Unit
Time
 
Total
Time
 
Unit
Time
 
Total
Time
  1
 
1.000
 
1.000
 
1.000
 
  1.000
 
1.000
 
  1.000
 
1.000
 
  1.000
 
1.000
 
  1.000
  2
 
  .700
 
1.700
 
  .750
 
  1.750
 
  .800
 
  1.800
 
  .850
 
  1.850
 
  .900
 
  1.900
  3
 
  .568
 
2.268
 
  .634
 
  2.384
 
  .702
 
  2.502
 
  .773
 
  2.623
 
  .846
 
  2.746
  4
 
  .490
 
2.758
 
  .562
 
  2.946
 
  .640
 
  3.142
 
  .723
 
  3.345
 
  .810
 
  3.556
  5
 
  .437
 
3.195
 
  .513
 
  3.459
 
  .596
 
  3.738
 
  .686
 
  4.031
 
  .783
 
  4.339
  6
 
  .398
 
3.593
 
  .475
 
  3.934
 
  .562
 
  4.299
 
  .657
 
  4.688
 
  .762
 
  5.101
  7
 
  .367
 
3.960
 
  .446
 
  4.380
 
  .534
 
  4.834
 
  .634
 
  5.322
 
  .744
 
  5.845
  8
 
  .343
 
4.303
 
  .422
 
  4.802
 
  .512
 
  5.346
 
  .614
 
  5.936
 
  .729
 
  6.574
  9
 
  .323
 
4.626
 
  .402
 
  5.204
 
  .493
 
  5.839
 
  .597
 
  6.533
 
  .716
 
  7.290
10
 
  .306
 
4.932
 
  .385
 
  5.589
 
  .477
 
  6.315
 
  .583
 
  7.116
 
  .705
 
  7.994
11
 
  .291
 
5.223
 
  .370
 
  5.958
 
  .462
 
  6.777
 
  .570
 
  7.686
 
  .695
 
  8.689
12
 
  .278
 
5.501
 
  .357
 
  6.315
 
  .449
 
  7.227
 
  .558
 
  8.244
 
  .685
 
  9.374
13
 
  .267
 
5.769
 
  .345
 
  6.660
 
  .438
 
  7.665
 
  .548
 
  8.792
 
  .677
 
10.052
14
 
  .257
 
6.026
 
  .334
 
  6.994
 
  .428
 
  8.092
 
  .539
 
  9.331
 
  .670
 
10.721
15
 
  .248
 
6.274
 
  .325
 
  7.319
 
  .418
 
  8.511
 
  .530
 
  9.861
 
  .663
 
11.384
16
 
  .240
 
6.514
 
  .316
 
  7.635
 
  .410
 
  8.920
 
  .522
 
10.383
 
  .656
 
12.040
17
 
  .233
 
6.747
 
  .309
 
  7.944
 
  .402
 
  9.322
 
  .515
 
10.898
 
  .650
 
12.690
18
 
  .226
 
6.973
 
  .301
 
  8.245
 
  .394
 
  9.716
 
  .508
 
11.405
 
  .644
 
13.334
19
 
  .220
 
7.192
 
  .295
 
  8.540
 
  .388
 
10.104
 
  .501
 
11.907
 
  .639
 
13.974
20
 
  .214
 
7.407
 
  .288
 
  8.828
 
  .381
 
10.485
 
  .495
 
12.402
 
  .634
 
14.608
21
 
  .209
 
7.615
 
  .283
 
  9.111
 
  .375
 
10.860
 
  .490
 
12.892
 
  .630
 
15.237
22
 
  .204
 
7.819
 
  .277
 
  9.388
 
  .370
 
11.230
 
  .484
 
13.376
 
  .625
 
15.862
23
 
  .199
 
8.018
 
  .272
 
  9.660
 
  .364
 
11.594
 
  .479
 
13.856
 
  .621
 
16.483
24
 
  .195
 
8.213
 
  .267
 
  9.928
 
  .359
 
11.954
 
  .475
 
14.331
 
  .617
 
17.100
25
 
  .191
 
8.404
 
  .263
 
10.191
 
  .355
 
12.309
 
  .470
 
14.801
 
  .613
 
17.713

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How many labor-hours are required for the fifteenth installation?

enter a number of labor-hours hours    (Round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g.,5.12.)

 

 

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