Unit Times for a Job Exhibit a Learning Effect

question 12

Multiple Choice

Unit times for a job exhibit a learning effect. If the second unit took 30 hours, and the fourth unit took 21 hours, roughly how many hours would you estimate the third unit took?

• A)29
• B)27
• C)25
• D)24
• E)21

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