A Defence Contractor Has Just Started Producing Turbines for a New

question 67

Multiple Choice

A defence contractor has just started producing turbines for a new government contract. The first turbine took 7000 hours to produce. If the learning curve is 90%, how long will it take to produce the 10th turbine? (Use at least three decimals in the exponent if you use the logarithmic approach.)

• A) less than 4800 hours
• B) from 4800 to 4900 hours
• C) from 4900 to 5000 hours
• D) from 5000 to 5100 hours
• E) over 5100 hours

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

Refers to events that cannot occur at the same time in probability theory; the occurrence of one event means the other cannot happen.

P(A ∪ B)

The probability that at least one of two events A or B occurs.

Independent Events

Two or more events whose outcomes do not affect each other.

P(A ∪ B)

Represents the probability of the occurrence of at least one of two events A or B.