Compute the capacity (bottleneck rate) in jobs per hour (jph) of the following configurations and record...

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Compute the capacity (bottleneck rate) in jobs per hour (jph) ofthe following configurations and record your numerical answers (inorder) to the nearest tenth of jph. (Enter numbers only):
a. A station with two (2) machines operating in parallel with5-minute process times (te) at each machine.
b. A balanced line with two (2) series single-machine stations,both with average processing times (te) of 10 minutes.
c. A line with four (4) single machine stations in series, wherethe average processing times are:
15, 18, 10, & 12 minutes respectively.
d. A four (4) station line with multi-machine stations A, B, C,& D, where the number of parallel machines are 2, 6 10, & 4respectively. The average processing times (te) at each station are10, 24, 40, & 18 minutes respectively (see table below).
Process Line with series stations & parallelmachines per station Question (d)
Station
t_e(minutes)
t_e(hours)
Machine jph(1/t_e)
Machines/ station
Station jph
A
10
2
B
24
6
C
40
10
D
18
4
Minimum rate (rb) =

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Station	t_e(minutes)	t_e(hours)	Machine jph(1/t_e)	Machines/ station	Station jph
A	10			2
B	24			6
C	40			10
D	18			4
				Minimum rate (rb) =