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A small electronics company assembles power supplies for use in computers, printers and FAX machines. They want to set up an assembly line to make their operation more efficient and plan to use line balancing with the incremental utilization heuristic. The demand for power supplies is 150 per hour, and the productive time per hour is 45 minutes. The following table provides details on their operation (with time in minutes) Task Tasks that must Time to immediately precede perform task 112 A 0.68 DO 0.22 0.18 E B,C 0.86 F D 0.44 G E 1.24 B A 0.68 A 0.22 D 0.18 E B,C 0.86 F D 0.44 G E 1.24 H F,G 0.70 1 H 0.42 H H J 1.14 K 1,J 0.66 1. What is the cycle time? 2- What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations? 3. What tasks go into the first workstation? 4 How many workstations are needed for the entire line? 5. What is the utilization of the production line