A furniture maker has an order for 94 identical tables If th

A furniture maker has an order for 94 identical tables. If the furniture maker estimates his learning curve at 87% and can reach steady production of 7 hours per table on the 7th table, how long should it take to make all the tables? Express your answer in hours to the nearest whole hour.

Solution

Answer:

First unit effort = 7 hours

No. of units = 94

Learning percentage = 87%

Answer:

Nth unit effort = 2.2476 hours . i.e: 3 hours

Cumulative Average = 2.8097 hours i.e: 3 hours

Cumulative total = 264.1188 i.e: 265 hours