Rita Gibson Appliances wants to establish an assembly line to manufacture its new product, the Mini-Me Microwave Oven. The goal is to produce five Mini-Me Microwave Ovens per hour. The tasks, task times, and immediate predecessors for producing one Mini-Me Microwave Oven are as follows:

(a) What is the theoretical minimum for the smallest number of workstations that Gibson can achieve in this assembly line?
(b) Graph the assembly line and assign workers to workstations. Can you assign them with the theoretical minimum?
(c) What is the efficiency of yourassignment?

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Imnediate Predecessors Time (min) 10 12 Task A, B B, C D, E