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The ABC Manufacturing Co. has made a decision to replace anexisting production line with new equipment. This project willrequire several tasks (jobs) with precedence relationships andduration (weeks) as shown in the following table. The project willbe finished when activities A-J are all finished.

Activity

Predecessors

Duration (Weeks)

A

—

5

B

—

5

C

A

11

D

B

9

E

C

4

F

C, D

10

G

E

4

H

G

3

I

G

4

J

F, H

3

a)       Create anActivity-On-Node network diagram for this Project.

b)       Calculate the earlieststart (ES) and finish (EF) times and latest start (LS) and finish(LF) times, the total slack (TS) and free slack (FS) for each ofthe activities in the network.

c)       Identify the criticalpath(s).

d)       What is the projectcompletion duration?

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