?Tuff-Rider, Inc., manufactures touring bikes and mountain bikesin a variety of frame? sizes, colors, and component combinations.Identical bicycles are produced in lots of 110. The projected?demand, lot? size, and time standards are shown in the following?table:
Item | Touring | Mountain |
Demand forecast | 5 comma 0005,000 | 10 comma 00010,000 |
| ?units/year | ?units/year |
Lot size | 120120 | 110110 |
| units | units |
Standard processing time | 0.250.25 | 0.250.25 |
| ?hour/unit | ?hour/unit |
Standard setup time | 2? hours/lot | 3? hours/lot |
The shop currently works 8 hours a? day, 5 days a? week, 50weeks a year. It operates five? workstations, each producing onebicycle in the time shown in the table. The shop maintains a 15percent capacity cushion. How many workstations will be requirednext year to meet expected demand without using overtime andwithout decreasing the? firm's current capacity? cushion?
The number of workstations required next year is___.
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