You measured the amount of time for a 1st article product assembly task to be 409 seconds. You assume this time will conform to a production learning curve of 85%. Answer the following questions.

a.) Predict the time to make the second article, rounding your answer to the nearest second.

b.) Determine the value of the b exponent in the learning curve, rounding to the nearest 3rd decimal place.

c.) Predict the time to make article number 10, rounding to the nearest second.