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Question 3 (15%) You are deciding on whether or not to crash your project. After asking your operation manager to conduct an analysis, you have highlighted the precrash and postcrash activity durations and costs of a project, shown in the following table. Assuming all the activities are on the critical path, calculate the slope of crashing each activity. Which activity would you crash? Why? Show your work. Page 2 Activity Normal Duration days 6 Immediate Predecessors Cost $ 150 640 A Crashed Duration Cost days $ 3 350 4 1000 1 1000 9 5000 3 900 B 9 C 2 B 750 3500 D 11 A E 6 700 AC F 5 4 B 1000 6000 1500 8000 G 10 6 DEF