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Question No. 05: [10 Marks] a) The one of the famous engineering automation company has signed an agreement with its client for an automation project of chemical plant. The following table is indicating the name of activities in alphabets along with duration and some necessary information. . 1 . . A (01 Day) is the start of the project. B (03 Day) and E (04 Day) can start when A is complete. C (03 Days) follows B. F (03 Day) and G (05 Day) can start when E is complete. D(06 Day) cannot start before C and F are complete and must finish before J (02 Day) can start J also depends on the completion of G before it can start. i. Using CPM, draw the network diagram carefully and calculate the values of ES, EF, LS and LF for all activities. ii. Find the critical path using float, also identify non critical activities. b) | What is Break Even Model? A firm has two equipment alternatives it can choose from in producing a new product. One automated piece of equipment costs $200,000 and produces items at a cost of $4 per unit. Another semi-automated piece of equipment costs $125,000 and produces items at a cost of $5.25 per unit. i. ii. iii. What volume of output makes the two pieces of equipment equally costly? If 18,000 units are to be produced, which piece of equipment is less costly? What is the value of minimum cost? RUBRIC (Scoring guide) Developing Expressions Calculation Steps Final Answer 20% 20% 40% 20%