Five Welding Jobs Are Waiting to Be Processed

question 62

Multiple Choice

Five welding jobs are waiting to be processed. Their processing times and due dates are given below. Using the critical ratio dispatching rule, in which order should the jobs be processed? All dates are specified as days from Today.

• A) B, D, A, E, C
• B) C, D, A, B, E
• C) C, E, A, D, B
• D) E, B, A, D, C
• E) none of the above

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Invest

The activity of managing financial assets with the aim of yielding income or financial gains.

Semiannual Payments

Payments made twice a year, often used in the context of bond interest payments or loans.

Annual Rate

The interest rate for a period of one year, not considering compounding.

Interest

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