(Answered) : The Henry Street Mission uses volunteers to assemble care packages for needy families during the holiday season. The mission wou

The Henry Street Mission uses volunteers to assemble care packages for needy families during the holiday season. The mission would like to organize the work as efficiently as possible. A list of tasks, task times, and precedence requirements are given below. If the mission wants to complete a care package every 10 minutes, how many volunteers should be called in? (Hint: balance the line before answering this question).

Task Precedence Time (mins)
A — 6
B A 3
C B 7
D B 5
E C, D 4
F E
5

If volunteers are plentiful, what is the maximum possible number of packages that can be assembled in an 8-hr day? (hint: ignore the desired cycle time; the output is limited only