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Chapter 17, Problem 15P
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A construction project has indirect costs totaling $40,000 per week. Major activities in the project and their expected times in weeks are shown in this precedence diagram.
Crashing costs for each activity are:
a. Determine the optimum time–cost crashing plan.
b. Plot the total-cost curve that describes the least expensive crashing
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