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$2.$ The tasks performed in a cafeteria to serve a customer and the average service times are as follows:

$\backslash$table$[[$Tasks$,\backslash$table$[[$Service Time per$],[$Customer $($seconds$)]]],[$A$.$ Serve vegetables,$25],[$B$.$ Serve entr$$e$,30],[$C$.$ Serve soup,$20],[$D$.$ Serve dessert,$15],[$E$.$ Serve drink,$10],[$F$.$ Collect money,$60]]$

Service Time per

The only precedence relationship is that "collect money" has to be last. The precedence diagram is as follows:

a$.$ Assuming that the desired output is $60$ customers per hour, what are the cycle time and minimum number of stations $($workers$)$ needed?

b$.$ Using cycle time of $60$ seconds and "Assign the task with the longest time" heuristic rule, perform assembly line balancing for the cafeteria.

$\backslash$table$[[$Station$,$Time left,Eligible,Will fit,Assign $($time$),$Idle$],[,,,,,],[,,,,,],[,,,,,],[,,,,,],[,,,,,],[,,,,,],[,,,,,],[,,,,,]]$

c$.$ What will be the efficiency?