Consider a production line with five stations. Station 1 can produce a unit in 9 minutes. Station 2 can produce a unit in 10 minutes. Station three has two identical machines, each of which can process a unit in 12 minutes (each unit only needs to be processed on one of the two machines). Station 4 can produce a unit in 5 minutes. Station 5 can produce a unit in 8 minutes. Which station is the bottleneck station?
A) station 1
B) station 2
C) station 3
D) station 4
E) station 5

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Station 2 is the bottleneck because it has the longest processing time of 10 minutes per unit, limiting the overall production rate of the line.

Consider a Production Line with Five Stations