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Hi John,
I stumble on a question of learning rate and the way it is answered is quite different from what I understand.
The question goes thus: A company is developing a new a new car seat and the 1st unit took 12.5 hours to produce while the 8th Unit took 34.3hours.
What is the learning rate?
please how do i answer this question as the is learning rate is asked at the 8th unit not second unit.( remember in your lectures u taught us how to go about the 2nd unit)
Thanks.If you watch the lectures in full then you will see how to work out the time for any unit – I actually calculate the time for the 8th unit in one example!
You calculate the total time for 8 units (8 x average time per unit), and subtract the total time for 7 units (7 x average time per unit).
The average time per unit when making 8 units can be calculated using the doubling rule or by using the formula.
The average time per unit when making 7 units can only be calculated using the formula.I do suggest that you watch the lectures again.
So sorry to bother you John,
But the question is about how quickly the workers were able to learn not how long it took them to produce 8 units. You thought us how to calculate time taken to produce any unit.
But at the end of the second lecture on learning curve u thought us how to calculate learning rate of producing a product.
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