You have just determined the actual number of workstations that will be used on an assembly line to be 8 using the assembly-line balancing procedure. The cycle time of the line is 10 minutes, and the sum of all that tasks required on the line is 60 minutes. Which of the following is the correct value for the resulting line's efficiency?
A) 0.500
B) 0.650
C) 0.750
D) 0.850
E) None of these choices are correct.

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Efficiency = (Total productive time / Total available time)
Total productive time = Number of workstations x Cycle time
Total productive time = 8 x 10 = 80 minutes

Total available time = Number of workstations x Cycle time x Efficiency
60 = 8 x 10 x Efficiency
Efficiency = 0.75

Therefore, the correct answer is C) 0.750

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