You Time Someone Completing a Single Task the First Time

question 48

True/False

You time someone completing a single task the first time at 100 minutes, and the fourth time they do the task it takes 81 minutes. You should use an 81 percent learning curve to estimate the length of time this worker will take to complete this task in the future.

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Seriation

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