Question: You need to develop a labor time estimate for a customer order of 20 network installations. It is estimated that the first installation will require
You need to develop a labor time estimate for a customer order of 20 network installations. It is estimated that the first installation will require 65 hours of labor and a learning curve of 90 percent is expected.
How many labor-hours are required for the fifteenth installation? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g.,5.12.)
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| Unit Number | Unit Time | Total Time | Unit Time | Total Time | Unit Time | Total Time | Unit Time | Total Time | Unit Time | Total Time | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||||||
| 2 | .700 | 1.700 | .750 | 1.750 | .800 | 1.800 | .850 | 1.850 | .900 | 1.900 | ||||||||||
| 3 | .568 | 2.268 | .634 | 2.384 | .702 | 2.502 | .773 | 2.623 | .846 | 2.746 | ||||||||||
| 4 | .490 | 2.758 | .562 | 2.946 | .640 | 3.142 | .723 | 3.345 | .810 | 3.556 | ||||||||||
| 5 | .437 | 3.195 | .513 | 3.459 | .596 | 3.738 | .686 | 4.031 | .783 | 4.339 | ||||||||||
| 6 | .398 | 3.593 | .475 | 3.934 | .562 | 4.299 | .657 | 4.688 | .762 | 5.101 | ||||||||||
| 7 | .367 | 3.960 | .446 | 4.380 | .534 | 4.834 | .634 | 5.322 | .744 | 5.845 | ||||||||||
| 8 | .343 | 4.303 | .422 | 4.802 | .512 | 5.346 | .614 | 5.936 | .729 | 6.574 | ||||||||||
| 9 | .323 | 4.626 | .402 | 5.204 | .493 | 5.839 | .597 | 6.533 | .716 | 7.290 | ||||||||||
| 10 | .306 | 4.932 | .385 | 5.589 | .477 | 6.315 | .583 | 7.116 | .705 | 7.994 | ||||||||||
| 11 | .291 | 5.223 | .370 | 5.958 | .462 | 6.777 | .570 | 7.686 | .695 | 8.689 | ||||||||||
| 12 | .278 | 5.501 | .357 | 6.315 | .449 | 7.227 | .558 | 8.244 | .685 | 9.374 | ||||||||||
| 13 | .267 | 5.769 | .345 | 6.660 | .438 | 7.665 | .548 | 8.792 | .677 | 10.052 | ||||||||||
| 14 | .257 | 6.026 | .334 | 6.994 | .428 | 8.092 | .539 | 9.331 | .670 | 10.721 | ||||||||||
| 15 | .248 | 6.274 | .325 | 7.319 | .418 | 8.511 | .530 | 9.861 | .663 | 11.384 | ||||||||||
| 16 | .240 | 6.514 | .316 | 7.635 | .410 | 8.920 | .522 | 10.383 | .656 | 12.040 | ||||||||||
| 17 | .233 | 6.747 | .309 | 7.944 | .402 | 9.322 | .515 | 10.898 | .650 | 12.690 | ||||||||||
| 18 | .226 | 6.973 | .301 | 8.245 | .394 | 9.716 | .508 | 11.405 | .644 | 13.334 | ||||||||||
| 19 | .220 | 7.192 | .295 | 8.540 | .388 | 10.104 | .501 | 11.907 | .639 | 13.974 | ||||||||||
| 20 | .214 | 7.407 | .288 | 8.828 | .381 | 10.485 | .495 | 12.402 | .634 | 14.608 | ||||||||||
| 21 | .209 | 7.615 | .283 | 9.111 | .375 | 10.860 | .490 | 12.892 | .630 | 15.237 | ||||||||||
| 22 | .204 | 7.819 | .277 | 9.388 | .370 | 11.230 | .484 | 13.376 | .625 | 15.862 | ||||||||||
| 23 | .199 | 8.018 | .272 | 9.660 | .364 | 11.594 | .479 | 13.856 | .621 | 16.483 | ||||||||||
| 24 | .195 | 8.213 | .267 | 9.928 | .359 | 11.954 | .475 | 14.331 | .617 | 17.100 | ||||||||||
| 25 | .191 | 8.404 | .263 | 10.191 | .355 | 12.309 | .470 | 14.801 | .613 | 17.713 | ||||||||||
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