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Consider the following information for the activities comprising a small construction project which is scheduled to complete in 26 days.(Costs are in $1000's.)
 Normal  Schedule Crash Schedule  Activity  Slack  Time  Cost  Time  Cost  M 0710419 II 25656 O 047212 P 059313 Q 22516 R 04949 S 0612515\begin{array}{cccccc}&&\text { Normal }&\text { Schedule}&\text { Crash}&\text { Schedule }\\\text { Activity } & \text { Slack } & \text { Time } & \text { Cost } & \text { Time } & \text { Cost } \\\text { M } & 0 & 7 & 10 & 4 & 19 \\\text { II } & 2 & 5 & 6 & 5 & 6 \\\text { O } & 0 & 4 & 7 & 2 & 12 \\\text { P } & 0 & 5 & 9 & 3 & 13 \\\text { Q } & 2 & 2 & 5 & 1 & 6 \\\text { R } & 0 & 4 & 9 & 4 & 9 \\\text { S } & 0 & 6 & 12 & 5 & 15\end{array} A.If the project must be completed in 25 days, which activity should be accelerated? Why?
B.Will the critical path be altered?
C.What is the total estimated cost of the project on the accelerated 25 day schedule?

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(Activity crash costs per day: M = 3....

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