The manufacturing system has a cycle time of __________ minutes per unit.

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A manufacturing system is used to produce a product.
Each unit of product must be processed sequentially through workstations.
V  ----->  W  ----->  X  ----->  Y

The capacity of each workstation are as follows:
Workstation V, 16 units per hour,
Workstation W, 22 units per hour, 
Workstation X, 13 units per hour,
Workstation Y, 18 units per hour.

The raw material is always available in the front of workstation V.

The manufacturing system has a cycle time of __________ minutes per unit.

Use at least 4 decimals.
You must show your calculation steps and brief explanation on your Excel spreadsheets.

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