You need to develop a labor time estimate for a customer order of 20 network installations. It is estimated that the first installation will require 60 hours of labor, and a learning curve of 90 percent is expected.
(a) How many labor-hours are required for the fifteenth installation?
(b) How many labor-hours are required for the twentieth installation?
(c) How many labor-hours are required to complete all 20 installations?
(d) If the average labor cost is $32.00, what is the total labor cost for installing the networks?