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Activity Normal time Crash time Normal cost Crash cost
1-2 3 2 1000 1500
2-3 4 2 2000 4000
2-4 4 3 2500 3500
3-5 3 1 1500 2500
4-5 4 2 6000 12000
5-6 6 3 2000 5000

Determine:
a) Normal critical path.
b) Crash critical path.
c) The first and last activities to be crashed.
d) Minimum project completion time with the least increase in the cost over normal costs.
e) The minimum completion time, assuming a budget of $23,500.
f) The minimum cost to complete the project in 12 weeks.

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