A Company Is Preparing a Bid on a Government Contract

question 43

Multiple Choice

A company is preparing a bid on a government contract for 40 units of a certain product. The operations manager estimates the assembly time required for the first two units to be 10.4 hours and 8.8 hours. What is the expected time required to produce the 40^th unit?

• A) 3.2 hours
• B) 4.4 hours
• C) 5.9 hours
• D) 3.7 hours
• E) 2.2 hours

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