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Consider a project having the following ten activities. What is the slack time of activity B?
Activity A B C D E F G H I J
Immediate
Predecessor None None A A, B C, D D C E, G E, F H, I
Time (weeks) 7 3 5 6 4 4 9 8 6 5.

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Solution determines the slack time for given activity.

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