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A furniture maker has an order for 85 identical tables. If the furniture maker estimates his learning curve at 93% and can reach steady production of 10 hours per table on the 6th table, how long should it take to make all the tables? Express your answer in hours to the nearest whole hour.

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          A furniture maker has an order for 85 identical tables. If the furniture maker estimates his learning curve at 93% and can reach steady production of 10 hours per table on the 6th table, how long should it take to make all the tables? Express your answer in hours to the nearest whole hour.

a furniture maker has an order for 85 identical tables if the furniture maker estimates his learning curve at 93 and can reach steady production of 10 hours per table on the 6th table how lo 23624

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Principles of Economics

Gregory Mankiw 8th Edition

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06/07/2024

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The learning curve is 93%, which means that the time taken to make each subsequent table is 93% of the time taken to make the previous table. Therefore, $T_n = T_1 \times (0.93)^{n-1}$, where $T_1$ is the time taken to make the first table. Show more…

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A furniture maker has an order for 85 identical tables. If the furniture maker estimates his learning curve at 93% and can reach steady production of 10 hours per table on the 6th table, how long should it take to make all the tables? Express your answer in hours to the nearest whole hour.