Two jobs (J1 and J2) are scheduled on two workcenters (WCA and WCB). J1 starts at time 0 on WCA and finishes on that workcenter at time 5. J2 starts at time 0 on WCB and finishes at time 3. J2 then starts on WCA at time 5 and finishes at time 9. What is the makespan of these jobs?

a. 0
b. 5
c. 9
d. Cannot be determined from the information given


c. 9

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What will be an ideal response?

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