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A manufacturing cell within a value stream is structured with four processes and associated unit processing times, which are as follows:

Cutting: $19$ minutes

Drilling and insertion: $6$ minutes

Assembly: $8$ minutes

Finishing: $7$ minutes

A$.$ How many units can the cell produce per hour on a continuous running basis $($production rate$)?($Round your answer to $2$ decimal places.$)$

fill in the blank $1$

units per hour

B$.$ If the processing time of cutting is reduced from $19$ to $9$ minutes, what is the production rate now, and how long will it take to produce a batch of $70$ units? $($Round intermediate calculations and your final answer to $2$ decimal places.$)$

fill in the blank $2$

hours