Table 11.4
A company is attempting to schedule workers for the next seven days. The daily requirements, in number of workers needed, are shown below.
$$\begin{array} { | r | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | }
\hline \text { Day } & \mathrm { M } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { W } & \mathrm { TH } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { S } & \mathrm { SU } \
\hline \text { Requirement } & 5 & 4 & 8 & 4 & 6 & 2 & 3 \
\hline
\end{array}$$
Each worker must work five days per week and must have two consecutive days off.
-Use the information in Table 11.4.How much total slack will be generated from the schedule?
A) less than 7 days
B) 7 days
C) 8 days
D) more than 8 days

Question

Table 11.4
A company is attempting to schedule workers for the next seven days. The daily requirements, in number of workers needed, are shown below.
 $$\begin{array} { | r | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } 
\hline \text { Day } & \mathrm { M } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { W } & \mathrm { TH } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { S } & \mathrm { SU } \
\hline \text { Requirement } & 5 & 4 & 8 & 4 & 6 & 2 & 3 \
\hline
\end{array}$$ 
Each worker must work five days per week and must have two consecutive days off.
-Use the information in Table 11.4.How much total slack will be generated from the schedule?
A) less than 7 days
B) 7 days
C) 8 days
D) more than 8 days

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The total slack is calculated by determining the difference between the total number of worker-days scheduled and the total number of worker-days required. The schedule must cover the highest daily requirement (8 workers on Wednesday) for five days, resulting in 40 worker-days. The total requirement is 32 worker-days, leading to a slack of 8 days.

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