Question: Only answer if you're certain and show your work, please. The R&D department is planning to bid on a large project for the development of

Only answer if you're certain and show your work, please.

The R&D department is planning to bid on a large project for the development of a new communication system for commercial planes. The accompanying table shows the activities, times, and sequences required:

ACTIVITY IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR TIME (WEEKS)
A 4
B A 3
C A 5
D A 5
E B 7
F C D 6
G D F 3
H D 2
I E G H 2

b. What is the critical path? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.)

A-C-F-G-I
A-B-E-I
A-D-H-I
A-D-F-G-I

c. Suppose you want to shorten the completion time as much as possible, and you have the option of shortening any or all of B, C, D and G each one week. Which would you shorten? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.)

B
C
D
G
E
F

d-1. What is the new critical path? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.)

A-C-F-G-I
A-B-E-I
A-D-H-I
A-D-F-G-I

d-2. What is the earliest completion time for the new critical path?

Completion time weeks

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