A manufacturing company has a small production line dedicated to making a particular product. The line has four stations

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A manufacturing company has a small production line dedicated to making a particular product. The line has four stations

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A manufacturing company has a small production line dedicated tomaking a particular product. The line has four stations in serial.Inputs arrive at station 1 and the output from station 1 becomesthe input to station 2. The output from station 2 is the input tostation 3 and so on. The output from station 4 is the finishedproduct. Station 1 can process 2,200 units per month, station 2 canprocess 2,500/month, station 3 can process 2,700/month, and station4 can process 2,000/month.
a. What station sets the maximum possibleoutput from this system?
multiple choice
Station 1
Station 4
Station 2
Station 3
b. What is that maximum output number?
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