What action would you take to reduce the critical path

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1. What is the minimum cost of crashing the following project that Roger Solano manages at Slippery Rock University by 4 days?

ACTIVITY	NORMAL TIME (DAYS)	CRASH TIME (DAYS)	NORMAL COST	CRASH COST	IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR(S)
A	6	5	$ 900	$1,000	-
B	8	6	300	400	-
C	4	3	500	600	-
D	5	3	900	1,200	A
E	8	5	1,000	1,600	C

2. Three activities are candidates for crashing on a project network for a large computer installation (all are, of course, critical). Activity details are in the following table:

a) What action would you take to reduce the critical path by 1 day?

b) Assuming no other paths become critical, what action would you take to reduce the critical path one additional day?

c) What is the total cost of the 2-day reduction?

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