15.25 Amy gets home from classes around 5 P.M. each day and can only reasonably

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15.25 Amy gets home from classes around 5 P.M. each day and can only reasonably work on her studies until midnight. She usually watches an hour of Netflix to relax, works out for 30 minutes, and takes 30 minutes to eat dinner. She has found that if she takes a 5?minute break each hour, she can remain more focused. Today she feels 80% on task. Homework for the evening includes two critical analyses for Government, one essay for American Lit, and three Spanish translations. Estimated processing times are shown below. Setup time includes time spent online gathering resources and finding reference books around the apartment.

What is Amy's effective capacity to do work this evening?

What is her load percent?

How would you suggest she adjust her capacity to complete her tasks on time?

TASKS SETUP TIME PROCESSING TIME PER TASK Government 15 minutes ?120 minutes American Lit 30 minutes 30 minutes Spanish 10 minutes ?40 minutes

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Work Minutes Explanation Amy has a total of 7 hours 420 Netflix 60 workout 30 dinner 30 Break of 5 minutes for every hour 35 (7*5) Government 270 (135*2) American Lit 60 Spanish 150 (50*3) Total time required for all the work 635 Amy's effective capacity = 420/635*100 66.14173 Amy's Load percent = 635/420*100 151.1905 Time required to finish the remaining tasks = 635-420 215 To achieve 100% results, the suggestions to amy would be:- 1.) If she is taking a break of 5 minutes every hour, she should avoid watching netflix 2.) She should reduce her time consumed during dinner to half 3.) She should probably study post midnight for effective results and to finish her homework 4.) She should also try to cut down on the setup time required for each homework.

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