A project with the following data is to be implemented:

(a) What is the minimum duration of the project?
(b) Draw a Gantt chart for the early schedule
(c) Determine the peak requirement of money and the day on which it occurs in above schedule.

On the average $$100$$ customers arrive at a place each hour, and on the average the server can process $$120$$ customers per hour. What is the proportion of time the server is idle?

The manufacturing area of a plant is divided into four quadrants. Four machines have to located one in each quadrant. The total number of possible layouts is