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Pirmin's Bike Shop is behind on a custom bike and needs to crash 8 hours of time from the 8-step project. Given the project table

Pirmin's Bike Shop is behind on a custom bike and needs to crash 8 hours of time from the 8-step project. Given the project table below calculate the crash cost for 8 hours of time-savings. Suppose Pirmin calls the customer and asks for a project extension, reducing the amount of time he needs to crash.

Activity Normal Duration (hours) Normal Cost ($) Crash Duration (hours) Crash Cost ($) Immediate Predecessors
A 2 10 2 50 -
B 3 15 2 23 A
C 5 25 4 30 B
D 3 20 1 24 C
E 6 30 4 45 C
F 1 5 1 50 C,E
G 7 35 6 50 F
H 10 50 7 80 D,G

a. What is the critical path? [ Select ] ["A,B,C,E,F,G,H", "A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H", "A,B,C,D,H", "A,B,C,F,G,H"]

b. What is the project length? [ Select ] ["23 hours", "15 hours", "34 Hours", "35 hours"]

c. Which activity should the bike shop crash first [ Select ] ["C", "B", "E", "D"] , and how much would it add to the project cost? [ Select ] ["$7.50", "$10", "$2", "$5"]

d. Which activity should be crashed next to reduce an additional hour off the project [ Select ] ["D", "C", "E", "NONE"] , and what would be the total cost? (reducing the project by 2 hours) [ Select ] ["$15.75", "$12.50", "$14.50", "$5"]

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