Consider the Simple 3-Station Assembly Line Illustrated Below, Where the 2

Multiple Choice

Consider the simple 3-station assembly line illustrated below, where the 2 machines at Station 1 are parallel, i.e., the product only needs to go through one of the 2 machines before proceeding to Station 2. What is the bottleneck time of this process?

A) 12 min.
B) 20 min.
C) 38 min.
D) 6 min.
E) 10 min.