An asphalt paving crew is used to pave a road 7,000 feet long. The road is 36 feet wide and the paving machine can pave a 12-foot-wide strip of road during each pass. The machine paves 12 lineal feet of 12-foot-wide road per minute. Two lifts of asphalt are needed to pave the road. After completing a pass, it takes the crew 10 minutes to turn the paving machine around and get ready for the next pass. The crew consists of a foreperson, seven operators, and a laborer. Using a system efficiency of 50 minutes per hour, determine the number of labor hours required to place 1 lineal foot of road 12 feet wide.
A) Determine number of passes
B) Determine Travel Time
C) Determine productivity rate (four decimal places)
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