The new director of special events at a large university has decided to completely revamp graduation ceremonies.

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The new director of special events at a large university has decided to completely revamp graduation ceremonies. Toward that end, a PERT chart of the major activities has been developed. The chart has five paths with expected completion times and variances as shown in the table. Graduation day is 16 weeks from now. Assuming the project begins now, what is the probability that the project will be completed before

a. Graduation time?
b. The end of week 15?
c. The end of week13?

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Path Expected Duration Variance Std Dev A 10 121 1100 B 8 200 1414 C 12 100 1000 D 15 289 1700 E 14 ...View the full answer

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