Two Modules Are Used to Feed the Final Assembly Station

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Essay

Two modules are used to feed the final assembly station on an assembly line. The final assembly station must produce 250 units in an eight-hour day. Each finished unit needs two module A's and 3 module B's. The factory uses a standard sized container that can hold 25 module A's or 35 module B's. It takes 2 hours to fill and move a container of module A's, but only 90 minutes to fill and move a container of module B's. If both module assembly processes have safety factors of 15%, how many containers should be used for each? How many hours of demand will this satisfy?

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution without violating any constraints.

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment or model that is expected to change as a result of manipulations or changes in the independent variable(s).

Independent Variables

Variables that are manipulated or categorized to determine their effect on other variables.

Quantity Minimized

Refers to the outcome of an optimization problem where the goal is to find the smallest possible value of a certain quantity.