Conversion Factors for the Cumulative Average Number of Direct Labor

question 13

Multiple Choice

Conversion Factors for the Cumulative Average Number of Direct Labor Hours per Unit
$\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{c}80 \% \text { Learning Rate }\\\text { ( } n=\text { cumulative production) }\\\begin{array}{rrrrrr}\hline n & & n & & {n} & \\\hline 1 & 1.00000 & 19 & 0.53718 & 37 & 0.43976 \\2 & 0.90000 & 20 & 0.52425 & 38 & 0.43634 \\3 & 0.83403 & 21 & 0.51715 & 39 & 0.43304 \\4 & 0.78553 & 22 & 0.51045 & 40 & 0.42984 \\5 & 0.74755 & 23 & 0.50410 & 64 & 0.37382 \\6 & 0.71657 & 24 & 0.49808 & 128 & 0.30269 \\7 & 0.69056 & 25 & 0.49234 & 256 & 0.24405 \\8 & 0.66824 & 26 & 0.48688 & 512 & 0.19622 \\9 & 0.64876 & 27 & 0.48167 & 600 & 0.18661 \\10 & 0.63154 & 28 & 0.47668 & 700 & 0.17771 \\11 & 0.61613 & 29 & 0.47191 & 800 & 0.17034 \\12 & 0.60224 & 30 & 0.46733 & 900 & 0.16408 \\13 & 0.58960 & 31 & 0.46293 & 1,000 & 0.15867 \\14 & 0.57802 & 32 & 0.45871 & 1,200 & 0.14972 \\15 & 0.56737 & 33 & 0.46464 & 1,400 & 0.14254 \\16 & 0.55751 & 34 & 0.45072 & 1,600 & 0.13660 \\17 & 0.54834 & 35 & 0.44694 & 1,800 & 0.13155\\18& 0.53979 & 36 & 0.44329 & 2,000 & 0.12720\end{array}\end{array}\begin{array}{cl}90 \% \text { Learning Rate }\\\text { ( } n=\text { cumulative production) }\\\begin{array}{rrrrrr}\hline n &&{n} & &n & \\\hline 1 & 1.00000 & 19 & 0.73545 & 37 & 0.67091 \\2 & 0.95000 & 20 & 0.73039 & 38 & 0.66839 \\3 & 0.91540 & 21 & 0.72559 & 39 & 0.66595 \\4 & 0.88905 & 22 & 0.72102 & 40 & 0.66357 \\5 & 0.86784 & 23 & 0.71666 & 64 & 0.62043 \\6 & 0.85013 & 24 & 0.71251 & 128 & 0.56069 \\7 & 0.83496 & 25 & 0.70853 & 256 & 0.50586 \\8 & 0.82172 & 26 & 0.70472 & 512 & 0.45594 \\9 & 0.80998 & 27 & 0.70106 & 600 & 0.44519 \\10 & 0.79945 & 28 & 0.69754 & 700 & 0.43496 \\11 & 0.78991 & 29 & 0.69416 & 800 & 0.42629 \\12 & 0.78120 & 30 & 0.69090 & 900 & 0.41878 \\13 & 0.77320 & 31 & 0.68775 & 1,000 & 0.41217 \\14 & 0.76580 & 32 & 0.67471 & 1,200 & 0.40097 \\15 & 0.75891 & 33 & 0.68177 & 1,400 & 0.39173 \\16 & 0.75249 & 34 & 0.67893 & 1,600 & 0.38390 \\17 & 0.74646 & 35 & 0.67617 & 1,800 & 0.37711 \\18 & 0.74080 & 36 & 0.67350 & 2,000 & 0.37114\end{array}\end{array}\end{array}$

-It took 100 hours to produce the first unit and the learning rate is 80 percent.How much time will it take to produce units 16 through 20? Refer to the copy of Table G.1 above.

• A) Fewer than or equal to 160 hours
• B) Greater than 160 but fewer than or equal to 170 hours
• C) Greater than 170 but fewer than or equal to 180 hours
• D) Greater than 180 hours

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