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A project was expected to be completed in 10 weeks by a crew of five workers. The work w...

A project was expected to be completed in 10 weeks by a crew of five workers. The work was to be completed without overtime, namely, with 40-hour workweeks. Workers were to be paid $20 per hour, which included all fringes. Before construction began, the owner decided that the project schedule was to be accelerated by having the workers work 8 hours on Saturdays. Assume wages are paid at time-and-a-half on Saturdays.

a. What is the revised expected duration of the project?

b. What is the added cost due to the acceleration?

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