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Harry's Picture manufactures various picture frames.Each new employee takes 5 hours to make the first picture frame and 4 hours to make the second.The manufacturing overhead charge per hour is $20.Required:
a.What is the learning-curve percentage, assuming the cumulative average method?
b.What is the time needed to build 8 picture frames by a new employee using the cumulative average-time method? Assume the rate of learning factor is -0.1520.
c.What is the time needed to produce the 16th frame by a new employee using the incremental unit-time method? Assume the rate of learning factor is -0.3219.


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