Question: 2. Your boss is the project manager for a large contract assembly plant. She tells you that the learning rate for Product F is 0.77

2. Your boss is the project manager for a large contract assembly plant. She tells you that the learning rate for Product F is 0.77 and that the first unit took 22 hours. You have made 20 units for a customer and now they want another 20. How long will it take to make the first unit of the second order of the product? Answer to two decimal places.

3. Your boss is the project manager for a large contract assembly plant. She tells you that the learning rate for Product H is 0.85 and that the first unit took 23 hours. You have made an initial order for a company and now they want another 20 units. How long will it take to make the second order? Answer to two decimal places.

4. Your boss is the project manager for a large contract assembly plant. She tells you that the learning rate for Product M is 0.80 and that the first unit took 29.82 hours. Suppose your company has 600 hours available to build Product M, how many units could you produce? Answer with a whole number (no decimals).

5. Your boss is the project manager for a large contract assembly plant. A new customer has come to you with a product they want 20 units of assembled. The customer estimates that the time to assemble a unit is about 15 hours to assemble each one and is willing to pay you at that rate. She accepts the pricing you suggest for an average of 15 hours and offers you the project. You want to impress the boss but you dont want to take the project if it will lose money and make you look bad. She tells you that the first unit took 25 hours and that the learning rate is 0.80. Should you finalize the deal with the customer? Answer just yes or no.

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