Tuff-Rider, Inc., manufactures touring bikes and mountain bikes in a variety of frame​ sizes, colors, and component comb

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Tuff-Rider, Inc., manufactures touring bikes and mountain bikes in a variety of frame​ sizes, colors, and component comb

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Tuff-Rider, Inc., manufactures touring bikes and mountain bikesin a variety of frame​ sizes, colors, and componentcombinations. Identical bicycles are produced in lots of 90. Theprojected​ demand, lot​ size, and time standards areshown in the following​ table:
                                                                                                                             
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Item
Touring
Mountain
Demand forecast
5,000
8,000
Lot size
80
90
Standard processing time
0.25
0.25
Standard setup time
2​ hours/lot
3​ hours/lot
The shop currently works 8 hours a​ day, 5 daysa​ week, 48 weeks a year. It operates five​ workstations,each producing one bicycle in the time shown in the table. The shopmaintains a 15 percent capacity cushion. How many workstations willbe required next year to meet expected demand without usingovertime and without decreasing the​ firm's currentcapacity​ cushion?
The number of workstations required next yearis____.​(Enter response rounded up to the next whole
number.​)
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