Learning rate

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March 7, 2016 at 9:39 am #303978
ridwanulfirdous
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A manufacturing company wants to measure the learning rate that it has achieved with the manufacture of a new product item.The first item produced took 6 hours to make and the average time for the first 16 units was 3.3 hours.What has been the learning rate for this product?
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Ans : 86%.
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March 7, 2016 at 9:44 am #303980
John Moffat
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The fourth root of (3.3/6) = 0.86 (86%).
It is using the doubling rule, and 16 is doubling 4 times.
(If you watch the free lecture on learning curves then there is a full explanation of the doubling rule.)
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