An Assembly Line Has Been Designed to Make Battery-Powered Beverage

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Essay

An assembly line has been designed to make battery-powered beverage mixers. Task details are shown in the table below:
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Station } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Task } \\\text { Assigned }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Task Time } \\\text { (minutes) }\end{array} \\\hline 1 & 1 & 3.2 \\\hline 2 & 3 ; 4 & 1.5 ; 2.5 \\\hline 3 & 2 ; 5 ; 6 & 1.5 ; 1.5 ; 1.0 \\\hline 4 & 7 & 1.8 \\\hline 5 & 8 & 2.3 \\\hline 6 & 9 ; 10 ; 11 & 2.0 ; 1.0 ; 1.0 \\\hline\end{array}$$ a. What is the assigned cycle time (in minutes)?
b. What is the maximum output rate of this line in mixers per hour?
c. What is the total idle time per cycle?
d. What is the assembly line's efficiency?

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Definitions:

Nucleotide Sequence

The precise linear order of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule, which encodes the genetic information of an organism.

Sugar-phosphate Backbone

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3D Structure

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