OCR Further Discrete AS 2024 June — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Discrete AS (Further Discrete AS)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicSequences and Series

4 A project is represented by the activity network below. The activity durations are given in minutes.
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  1. Give the reason for the dummy activity from event (3) to event (4).
  2. Complete a forward pass to determine the minimum project completion time.
  3. By completing a backward pass, calculate the float for each activity.
  4. Determine the effect on the minimum project completion time if the duration of activity A changes from 2 minutes to 3 minutes. The duration of activity C changes to \(m\) minutes, where \(m\) need not be an integer. This reduces the minimum project completion time.
  5. By considering the range of possible values of \(m\), determine the minimum project completion time, in terms of \(m\) where necessary.