Mega Mart Store is a discount department store badly in need of renovation. To avoid loss of sales and disruption of customer shopping habits, Mega Mart wants to complete this renovation without closing the store itself, by temporarily colocating goods from one area of the store into another, creating open spaces for renovation and reoccupation. Mega Mart is divided into four basic areas of goods: clothing, electronics, housewares, and foodstuffs. Each of these areas needs to be temporarily moved, as described in the tasks below:

a. What are the paths through a project network diagram describing Mega Mart's project data?

b. Suppose Mega Mart starts on this project immediately, to finish as soon as pos- sible. How much time will be required to complete this project?

c. What is the critical path through this project?

d. What is the slack in activity C?

e. Assume the project is started immediately. What is the soonest activity H can possibly be started from now?

f. Assume the project is started immediately. What is the latest that Mega Mart can finish returning housewares to its newly renovated area without creating any delay in the overall project completion time?

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Immediate Predecessor(s) Estimated Length of Activity (days) None 3 A 4 B 2 None 5 D 4 E 1 B 3 C, G 6 H 2 E 3 FJ 4 K 3 Description Colocate clothing in electronics area Renovate old clothing area Return clothing to renovated area Colocate housewares in foodstuffs area Renovate old housewares area Return housewares to renovated area Colocate electronics in clothing area Renovate old electronics area Return electronics to renovated area Colocate foodstuffs in housewares area Renovate old foodstuffs area Return foodstuffs to renovated area Activity A B C D E F G H L