Alpine Corporation has been manufacturing the same model of snowboards for several years. The original time to produce one snowboard was 2 hours (120 minutes). Over the last year, the production line has steam-lined the production process with a learning curve of 80%. Recently, the company has introduced a new model of snowboard which now requires 3 hours of production time, but with a 90% learning curve. How much time will it take to produce the third unit of the new snowboard?
A) 146 minutes
B) 152 minutes
C) 162 minutes
D) 180 minutes

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Unit #1: 180 min. x 1 = 180 min.; Unit #2: 180 min x (2^-.152) = 162 min.; Unit #3: 180 min. x (3^-.152) = 152 min. The old learning curve is no longer used given the newer model.

Alpine Corporation Has Been Manufacturing the Same Model of Snowboards