Table 11.1
Gable Express Co. provides delivery service seven days a week.
The daily requirements (in workers) are estimated as follows:
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | }
\hline \text { Day } & \mathrm { M } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { W } & \mathrm { TH } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { S } & \mathrm { SU } \
\hline \text { Requirement } & 8 & 4 & 5 & 3 & 7 & 3 & 3 \
\hline
\end{array}$$
Each worker is required to work five days per week,
and each must have two consecutive days off.
-Use the information in Table 11.1.How much total slack will be generated from the schedule?
A) less than 6 days
B) 6 days
C) 7 days
D) greater than 7 days

Question

Table 11.1
Gable Express Co. provides delivery service seven days a week.
The daily requirements (in workers) are estimated as follows:
 $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | } 
\hline \text { Day } & \mathrm { M } & \mathrm { T } & \mathrm { W } & \mathrm { TH } & \mathrm { F } & \mathrm { S } & \mathrm { SU } \
\hline \text { Requirement } & 8 & 4 & 5 & 3 & 7 & 3 & 3 \
\hline
\end{array}$$ 
Each worker is required to work five days per week,
and each must have two consecutive days off.
-Use the information in Table 11.1.How much total slack will be generated from the schedule?
A) less than 6 days
B) 6 days
C) 7 days
D) greater than 7 days

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To calculate the total slack, we first need to calculate the total number of workers required for the week, which is:
8 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 7 + 3 + 3 = 33

Since each worker is required to work five days per week, we need a total of 33/5 = 6.6 workers. However, we cannot have a fraction of a worker, so we need to round up to 7 workers.

Now, since each worker must have two consecutive days off, we can only schedule them for 5 days out of the 7 days in a week. This means we have 2 slack days for each worker.

Therefore, the total slack generated from the schedule is:
7 workers x 2 slack days per worker = 14 slack days

Since 14 is equal to the number of days in a week, the answer is C) 7 days.

Table 111 Gable Express Co Each Worker Is Required to Work Five Days Per Week

Table 111
Gable Express Co Each Worker Is Required to Work Five Days Per Week