An assembly line with 50 activities is to be balanced. The total amount of time to complete all 50 activities is 60 minutes. The longest activity takes 1.8 minutes and the shortest takes 0.6 minute. The line will operate for 540 minutes per day. What are the maximum and minimum cycle times? Round your answers to one decimal place. Maximum cycle time:    minutes Minimum cycle time:    minutes How much daily output will be achieved by each of those cycle times? Round your answers to the nearest whole number. Daily output achieved by maximum cycle time:   units/day Daily output achieved by minimum cycle time:   units/day

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An assembly line with 50 activities is to be balanced. The total amount of time to complete all 50 activities is 60 minutes. The longest activity takes 1.8 minutes and the shortest takes 0.6 minute. The line will operate for 540 minutes per day.

  1. What are the maximum and minimum cycle times? Round your answers to one decimal place.

    Maximum cycle time:    minutes

    Minimum cycle time:    minutes

  2. How much daily output will be achieved by each of those cycle times? Round your answers to the nearest whole number.

    Daily output achieved by maximum cycle time:   units/day

    Daily output achieved by minimum cycle time:   units/day

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