Patterson Equipment Inc.produced a pilot run of 20 units of a recently developed motor used in the finished products.The pilot run required an average of 12 direct labor hours per motor.Patterson has an eighty percent learning curve on the direct labor hours needed to produce new motors.
Required:
Calculate the average direct labor hours per unit for the first 640 motors (including the pilot run) produced.

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The Answer of Patterson Equipment Inc.produced a pilot run of 20 units of a recently developed motor used in the finished products.The pilot run required an average of 12 direct labor hours per motor.Patterson has an eighty percent learning curve on the direct labor hours needed to produce new motors.
Required:
Calculate the average direct labor hours per unit for the first 640 motors (including the pilot run) produced.