Some tasks and the order in which they must be performed according to their assembly requirements are shown in the following table. These are to be combined into workstations to create an assembly line. The assembly line operates 9.5 hours per day. The output requirement is 900 units per day. a. What is the required workstation cycle time to meet the desired output rate?b. Balance the line using the longest task time based on the 900-unit forecast, stating which tasks would be done in each workstation.(Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.)c. What is the efficiency of your line balance, assuming it is running at the cycle time determined in part a? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)d. After production was started, Marketing realized that they understated demand and must increase output to 1,000 units. What action would you take? (Round your answer for cycle time down to the nearest whole number. Round your answer for overtime up to the nearest whole number.)

Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."