Weston,Inc

question 36

Multiple Choice

Weston,Inc.,produces widgets.To manufacture a new type of widget,it took 15 iterations before the process reached a steady state of 35 hours.If Weston has an 82% learning rate,use the logarithmic approach to calculate the time it took to manufacture the first widget.

• A)76.00 hours
• B)72.45 hours
• C)75.45 hours
• D)73.52 hours

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Definitions:

Genetic Flow

The transfer of genetic material between populations of the same species or between different species, leading to changes in genetic makeup.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution involving random fluctuations in the frequency of alleles within a population, which can cause genetic variation to decrease over time.

Bottleneck

A sudden decrease in a population size caused by adverse environmental factors; may result in genetic drift; also called genetic bottleneck or population bottleneck.

Directional Selection

A type of natural selection that favors one extreme phenotype over another, causing the allele frequency to shift in one direction.