Edexcel D1 — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleD1 (Decision Mathematics 1)
TopicCritical Path Analysis

3. This question should be answered on the sheet provided. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 2 shows an activity network. The nodes represent events and the arcs represent the activities. The number in each bracket gives the time, in days, needed to complete the activity.
  1. Calculate the early and late times for each event using appropriate forward and backward scanning.
    (5 marks)
  2. Hence, determine the activities which lie on the critical path.
  3. State the minimum number of days needed to complete the entire project.