At a New Watch Assembly Plant,a Job Is Divided into Three

question 68

Multiple Choice

At a new watch assembly plant,a job is divided into three work elements.The element times for the first four cycles are recorded by the continuous method and are presented below along with a performance rating factor (RF) for each element.
$$\begin{array} {r } { \text { Observation (time in min) } } \quad \quad \\\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Work Element } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & \mathrm { RF } \\\hline 1 & 0.50 & 2.32 & 4.22 & 6.16 & 1.0 \\\hline 2 & 1.45 & 3.24 & 5.20 & 7.06 & 1.1 \\\hline 3 & 1.87 & 3.62 & 5.61 & 7.49 & 0.9 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
The standard time for this job,assuming that the allowance is 18 percent,is

• A) fewer than or equal to 1.9 minutes.
• B) greater than 1.9 minutes but fewer than or equal to 2.0 minutes.
• C) greater than 2.0 minutes but fewer than or equal to 2.1 minutes.
• D) greater than 2.1 minutes.

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