A Production Center Is Available for 8 Hours Per Day

question 42

Multiple Choice

A production center is available for 8 hours per day in a factory.It is composed of several rotary parts,and the worker operating it is required to lubricate these rotary parts once each day.It takes 2 hours to remove these parts from the equipment,lubricate them,and reassemble them.The production center is not available for production during these times.The availability of the production center

• A) is 50%.
• B) is 75%.
• C) is 25%.
• D) cannot be computed with the given information.

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