Question

15.25 Amy gets home from classes around 5 P.M. each day and can only reasonably work on her studies until midnight. She usually watches an hour of Netflix to relax, works out for 30 minutes, and takes 30 minutes to eat dinner. She has found that if she takes a 5?minute break each hour, she can remain more focused. Today she feels 80% on task. Homework for the evening includes two critical analyses for Government, one essay for American Lit, and three Spanish translations. Estimated processing times are shown below. Setup time includes time spent online gathering resources and finding reference books around the apartment.

What is Amy's effective capacity to do work this evening?

What is her load percent?

How would you suggest she adjust her capacity to complete her tasks on time?

TASKS	SETUP TIME	PROCESSING TIME PER TASK
Government	15 minutes	?120 minutes
American Lit	30 minutes	30 minutes
Spanish	10 minutes	?40 minutes

Answer 1

Work	Minutes	Explanation
Amy has a total of 7 hours	420
Netflix	60
workout	30
dinner	30
Break of 5 minutes for every hour	35	(7*5)
Government	270	(135*2)
American Lit	60
Spanish	150	(50*3)
Total time required for all the work	635

Amy's effective capacity = 420/635*100	66.14173
Amy's Load percent = 635/420*100	151.1905
Time required to finish the remaining tasks = 635-420	215
To achieve 100% results, the suggestions to amy would be:-
1.) If she is taking a break of 5 minutes every hour, she should avoid watching netflix
2.) She should reduce her time consumed during dinner to half
3.) She should probably study post midnight for effective results and to finish her homework
4.) She should also try to cut down on the setup time required for each homework.