A production line is to be designed for a job with four tasks. The task times are 2.4 minutes, 0.4 minutes, 0.9 minutes, and 2.7 minutes. After line balancing, the largest possible assigned cycle time is ________ minutes, and the smallest possible assigned cycle time is ________ minutes.
A) 1.8; 1.4
B) 1.6; 0.4
C) 6.4; 2.4
D) 2.7; 0.4
E) 6.4; 2.7

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The largest possible assigned cycle time is the sum of all task times (6.4 minutes), and the smallest possible assigned cycle time is the longest individual task time (2.7 minutes).

A Production Line Is to Be Designed for a Job