Question: Help in case study, case study is Kristen's Cookie Company case Question is: - Assume that the roommate is sick so Kristen has to set

Help in case study,
case study is Kristen's Cookie Company case
Question is:- Assume that
the roommate is sick so Kristen has to set the timer, pack and accept payment herself (on top of her usual tasks);
all orders are for two dozen cookies;
starting at 8pm until midnight, a customer places an order every 30 minutes (that is the first customer places an order at 8pm, the second places an order at 8:30pm, the third places an order at 9pm, etc. until the last order at midnight);
customers are there to pay for the orders as soon as they are completed.
for washing and mixing step it takes 6 minutes, as for one dozen cookies, spooning cookies onto tray takes 2 minutes per tray, till here all the steps are perfomed by kristens. Now her roomate will perfome rest of the next steps set the thermostat ane timer is about 1 minute, cookies baking takes 9 minutes, cookie cooling time is 5 minutes, it takes 2 minutes to pack each dozen cookies and about 1 minutes to accept payment fo the order.
how many orders can Kristen process (i.e., complete) in the first 4 hours, i.e., from 8 pm to midnight? Explain why this number differs from the answer to "what is the maximum number of orders that Kristen could process (i.e., complete) in a period of 4 hours"?

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