A project consists of four consecutive tasks that have average duration and worst-case duration estimates (in days) as shown in the table. Use Goldratt's model to determine the aggregated buffer for this project

Activity Average Worst-Case
A 10 20
B 15 25
C 20 30
D 25 35
A) 20 days
B) 10 days
C) 15 days
D) 5 days


A

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Simonsen, Paulson, and Richardson are partners in a firm with the following capital account
balances:

A) Debit Paulson's capital account by $230,000.
B) Debit Richardson's capital account by $35,000.
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