Harry's Picture Manufactures Various Picture Frames

Essay

Harry's Picture manufactures various picture frames. Each new employee takes 5 hours to make the first picture frame and 4 hours to make the second. The manufacturing overhead charge per hour is $20.
Required:
a. What is the learning-curve percentage, assuming the cumulative average method?
b. What is the time needed to build 8 picture frames by a new employee using the cumulative average-time method? Assume the rate of learning factor is -0.1520.
c. What is the time needed to produce the 16th frame by a new employee using the incremental unit-time method? Assume the rate of learning factor is -0.3219.