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Problem 10 (6x3=18 pts) Hermel Laundromat is on UofT Campus for students. The Laundromat has 30 washing machines which hold up to one basket of clothing and 25 dryers. The flow units are one basket (one load) of clothing. Assume that one customer has one basket. Students wash and dry their clothing and then depart. (Drying must come after washing). Washing on average takes 20 minutes and drying takes 30 minutes. The average cost for students of washing one load, is $1.25 ($0.30 utility costs for each load). Drying one load costs a student $2.00, ($0.50 for utility costs). a) What is the capacity rate per hour of the Laundromat if students do washing and drying? b) What is the cycle time of the process? c) What can the Laundromat do to make the process faster? d) How many loads of laundry are being processed at any given time if the process is at capacity? Round to the nearest basket. e) Assume that they open a folding shop (Hermel's Folding Shop) next door with 30 staff next door only for customers of the Laundromat to go after they dry their clothes. Each staff member can fold one load of laundry per every 15 minutes. Each load generates $5 profit. What is the new capacity rate per hour of the total process (washing, drying, and folding). Assume for the rest of the questions that the Folding Shop is open and that every student uses it after they wash and dry their clothing. i. At capacity, how much profit do they earn per hour from the new process? ii. If the Laundromat Folding Shop is short staffed one day and one load now takes 45 minutes to fold (after washing and drying their clothes), what is the new capacity rate

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