Question: There are three stations in a process: Station - 1 , Station - 2 , and Station - 3 . Three products are produced in

There are three stations in a process: Station-1, Station-2, and Station-3. Three products are produced in this process: Product-A, Product-B, and Product-C.
The total volume of production is 117 products per hour. Product-A is produced at a rate of 33 units per hour. Product-B is produced at a rate of 39 units per hour. The rest of the production is Product-C.
Product-A goes through Station-1 and Station-2. Product-B goes through Station-1 and Station-3. Product-C goes through all three stations.
On average, there are 20 units of different products in Station-1,43 units of different products in Station-2, and 42 units of different products in Station-3.
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Compute the average flow-time at Station-3 in minutes to one decimal point.

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