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Tweaking the Initial Assembly-Line Design From past experience, Toshihiro has found that the initial assembly-line design supplied by the engineers often needs to be tweaked. Consider the following questions that Toshihiro is considering: What is the daily capacity of the assembly line designed by the engineers

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259 units per day.

Step-by-step explanation:

The line operates for 7.5 hours per day. Workstation 4 is the bottleneck in the initial line balance, limiting the cycle time to 1.73 minutes, so output is limited to 34.61 units/hours × 7.5 hours = 259 units per day.

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