Consider a Production Line with Five Stations

question 65

Multiple Choice

Consider a production line with five stations. Station 1 can produce a unit in 9 minutes. Station 2 can produce a unit in 10 minutes. Station three has two identical machines, each of which can process a unit in 12 minutes (each unit only needs to be processed on one of the two machines) . Station 4 can produce a unit in 5 minutes. Station 5 can produce a unit in 8 minutes. Which station is the bottleneck station?

• A) station 1
• B) station 2
• C) station 3
• D) station 4
• E) station 5

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Perception is the process by which organisms interpret and organize sensory information to produce a meaningful experience of the world.

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