A Company Makes Traffic Signals for Downtown Streets

question 33

Essay

A company makes traffic signals for downtown streets.They are interested in developing a product structure tree for one of their traffic signal models.Each traffic signal is composed of a housing and bracket assembly.Each housing assembly is composed of optical and casing sub-assemblies.Each bracket assembly is composed of a hanger part and a wire outlet part.The optical sub-assembly is composed of 4 wire lead sub-assemblies, 3 lens parts, 3 bulbs, and 3 socket parts.Each casing sub-assembly is composed of 3 plastic molds and 3 hardware sub-assemblies.Each wire lead sub-assembly is made up of 1 conductor part, 1 insulation part, and 4 spade connector parts.Each hardware subassembly is made up of 4 nuts, 4 bolts, and 8 washers.

a.How many spade connectors are needed to make one traffic signal?
b.How many bolts are needed to make one traffic signal?

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