1. What is the garage's peak and effective capacities, in alignments per week? 2. During the second week in May. Ped's garage completed 90 alignments. What is the utilization as percentage of effective capacity? As a percentage of peak capacity?

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Ped Rowoperates Ped's Garage and Manhole
Cover Recycling Center at the corner of Ruff
Road and Curba Road. Ped's Garage has only
one bay dedicated to wheel alignments.
Although the recycling center is open at
night, the garage is normally open only on
weekdays from 7am to 6pm and on
Saturdays from 7am to noon. An alignment
takes an average of 40 minutes to complete,
although Ped charges customers for two
hours according to a nationally published
mechanic's labor standard manual. During
May, the height of
pothole season. Ped's garage is open from
7am to 9pm all throughout the week.
1. What is the garage's peak and effective
capacities, in alignments per week?
2. During the second week in May. Ped's
garage completed 90 alignments. What is
the utilization as
percentage of effective capacity? .
percentage of peak capacity?
a
Transcribed Image Text:Ped Rowoperates Ped's Garage and Manhole Cover Recycling Center at the corner of Ruff Road and Curba Road. Ped's Garage has only one bay dedicated to wheel alignments. Although the recycling center is open at night, the garage is normally open only on weekdays from 7am to 6pm and on Saturdays from 7am to noon. An alignment takes an average of 40 minutes to complete, although Ped charges customers for two hours according to a nationally published mechanic's labor standard manual. During May, the height of pothole season. Ped's garage is open from 7am to 9pm all throughout the week. 1. What is the garage's peak and effective capacities, in alignments per week? 2. During the second week in May. Ped's garage completed 90 alignments. What is the utilization as percentage of effective capacity? . percentage of peak capacity? a
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