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TUTORIAL QUESTIONS
LEARNING CURVE

1. If the first time you performed a job took 60 minutes, how long will the eight
job take if you are on an 80% learning curve?
2. Digicomp Inc. produces a new telephone system with built-in TV screens. Its
learning rate is 80%.
If the first one took 56 hours, how long will it take Digicomp to make the
eleventh system?
3. Digicomp Inc. – With all factors being equal, how long will the first 11
systems take in total
4. Digicomp Inc. – As a purchasing agent, you expect to buy units 12 through 15
of the new phone system. What would be your expected cost for the units if
Digicomp charges $30 for each labor-hour?
5. It takes 28,718 hours to produce the eighth locomotive at a large French
manufacturing firm. If the learning factor is 80%, how long does it take to
produce the tenth locomotive?
6. New World Limited has produced the first unit of a new line of minibus at a
cost of $500,000. This $500,000 is broken down as follows: $300,000 for
labor and $200,000 for materials. It has agreed to accept a 10% profit, based
on cost, and it is willing to contract on the basis of a 70 percent learning
curve. What will be the contract price for the first three minibuses?

D. Anthony Chevers