A Company Needs 8,600 Hours of Processing Time During the Course

question 93

Multiple Choice

A company needs 8,600 hours of processing time during the course of its operations.One machine offers a processing time of 2,400 hours.In this case,______.

• A)the company should use four machines
• B)the company should use only two machines so that they are fully utilized
• C)the company should redesign its product so that it needs more processing time
• D)the company should use three machines to achieve maximum utilization rate

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Definitions:

Constant

In mathematics and statistics, a fixed value that does not change within the scope of a given problem.

Interval

A range between two numbers or points, often used to specify a period of time or a statistical range.

Standard Normal Distribution

A specific probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Z-score

A metric that depicts how far a certain value stands from the mean of a collection of values, using the unit of standard deviations for measurement.