Calculate the expected project completion time

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#2 Consider a project having the following ten activities:

Activity	Immediate Predecessors	Normal Time (weeks)	Normal Cost ($)	Crash Duration (weeks)	Crash Cost ($)	Max. Weeks Reduced
A	none	7	3,000	6	6,000	1
B	A	8	5,000	6	9,000	2
C	A	2	2,000	1	3,000	1
D	A	4	3,000	4	3,000	0
E	B, C	9	4,000	7	6,000	2
F	C, D	6	4,000	4	9,000	2
G	E	2	3,000	2	3,000	0
H	E, F	9	4,000	7	7,000	2
I	G	1	4,000	1	4,000	0
J	H, I	8	2,000	6	7,000	2

(a) Draw a network diagram. What is the expected project completion time?

(b) What is the critical path?

(c) What is the most economical way and how much will it cost to reduce the completion time of the project by three weeks? By five weeks?

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