Assume You Are Sequencing Jobs Using Johnson's Rule

question 102

Multiple Choice

Assume you are sequencing jobs using Johnson's rule. There are three jobs called A, B, and C. The first step is assembling and the second step is painting. Job A requires 3 hours to assemble and 6 hours to paint. Job B requires 7 hours to assemble and 2 hours to paint. Job C requires 4 hours to assemble and 1 hour to paint. The objective is to minimize the total processing time of all jobs, using Johnson's rule. What is the correct sequence to process the jobs?

• A) A-C-B
• B) B-C-A
• C) B-A-C
• D) A-B-C
• E) C-B-A

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Definitions:

Positive Exponents

Refers to exponents that are greater than zero, used to denote the number of times a base is multiplied by itself.

Expression

An expression in mathematics is a combination of symbols that can represent a number, variable, operation, or a combination thereof, without an equality sign.

X

Often used to represent an unknown variable in algebraic equations or the horizontal axis in Cartesian coordinate systems.

Y

Often used to denote the dependent variable or the output value in a function, commonly represented on the vertical axis in a Cartesian coordinate system.