Bolling Electronics manufactures DVD players for commercial use. W. Blaker Bolling, president of Bolling Electronics, is contemplating producing DVD players for home use. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are given in the following table: Normal Crash Time Time Normal Crash Immediate Activity (weeks) (weeks) Cost ($) Cost ($) Predecessor(s) A B 32 2 1,000 1,600 2 1 2,000 2,700 1 300 300 DERO F G 7624 3 1,300 1,600 A 3 850 1,000 B I 4,000 5,000 2 1,500 2,000 D, E

a) What is the project completion date?

b) Crash this project to 10 weeks at the least cost.

c) Crash this project to 7 weeks (which is the maximum it can be crashed) at the least cost. P