OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (LL)-W/ACCESS
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Chapter 19, Problem 5PA
A project activity has an earliest completion time of 5, an activity time of 3, and a latest completion time of 6. What is the slack time for the activity?
- a. 1
- b. 2
- c. 3
- d. 4
- e. 5
- f. 6
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Chapter 19 Solutions
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (LL)-W/ACCESS
Ch. 19 - A project has four activities that take 4, 3, 6,...Ch. 19 - Consider the simple dependency matrix shown in...Ch. 19 - Consider a project with two activities that are...Ch. 19 - Prob. 4CQCh. 19 - Prob. 5CQCh. 19 - Prob. 6CQCh. 19 - Prob. 7CQCh. 19 - Prob. 8CQCh. 19 - Prob. 9CQCh. 19 - Prob. 10CQ
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