It took exactly $10$ hours to perform the first kidney transplant on a $100$ percent learning curve. How many hours will the second kidney transplant take?

a$.8$ hours

b$.10$ hours

c$.12$ hours

d$.5$ hours

In which of the following managerial activities would learning curves probably be the least useful?

a$.$ negotiated purchasing

b$.$ location analysis

c$.$ manpower planning

d$.$ budgeting

The fact that human activities typically improve when they are done on a repetitive basis is described by $a(n)$ :

a$.$ normal distribution curve.

b$.$ learning curve.

c$.$ binomial distribution curve.

d$.$ exponential curve.

The center of gravity method is used to $q,$ travel time or shipping costs.

a$.$ normalize

b$.$ minimize

c$.$ average

d$.$ eliminate

Retail businesses often engage in $q,$ the tendency to locate in close proximity to one another.

a$.$ centering

b$.$ strategizing

c$.$ clustering