Question: Q 3 ( 2 0 points ) The project information is given below ( under normal conditions, in weeks ) . A . ( 6

Q3(20 points) The project information is given below (under normal conditions, in weeks).
A.(6 points) Under normal conditions, which path is the critical path, and what is the project duration? Please use two-pass (forward/backward pass) method (3 points for the two-pass method, 2 points for the critical path, 1 point for project duration.)
Critical Path(s): q,
Project Duration:
_(don't forget time units!)
B.(2 points) Suppose Jack, the only employee responsible for activity C wants to take a two-week vacation during weeks 3 and 4. Can you allow Jack to take the vacation and still complete the project without delay? Briefly justify your answer.
C.(2 points) Suppose that activities B, C, E, F, and I can be crashed. The normal time, crash time, normal cost and crash cost are shown in the table below. What is the weekly crash cost of each activity? (Crash time is the shortest possible activity time and crash cost is the cost associated with the crash time)
\table[[Activity,\table[[Normal Time],[(weeks)]],\table[[Normal Cost],[($)]],\table[[Crash Time],[(weeks)]],\table[[Crash Cost],[($)]],\table[[Weekly Crash Cost],[($/week)]]],[B,10,140,6,240,],[C,7,320,5,420,],[E,2.5,400,1.5,440,],[F,7,250,3,290,],[I,2,170,1,200,]]
D.(10 points) Suppose the management instead wants the project to be completed in 14 weeks. How can you achieve this goal at minimum cost? Please report your crashing steps in the table below. (The table size does not imply number of steps.)
\table[[\table[[Project Duration],[(weeks)]],Critical Path(s),\table[[Crashable Tasks on Critical Paths]],\table[[Best Option],[[weeks to],[crash]]]],[,,,],[,,,]]
 Q3(20 points) The project information is given below (under normal conditions,

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