Subway, the sandwich shop, is run by Jim, Tim and Kim. When a customer arrives, Jim spends 5 minutes taking order from the customer. After this, Tim prepares bread and Kim prepares filling for the order. These activities are performed in parallel, and take 7 and 10 minutes respectively. Jim then assembles the bread and filling, which takes 5 minutes of his time. Finally, Tim spends 5 minutes in delivering the order and taking payment. What is the minimum time for an order to be completed in the process

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Answer:

22 minutes minimum time

Explanation:

In the given scenario Subway sandwich shop has given its processes and time of each process.

We are to calculate the minimum time it will take to process a order. So we add all the times

Below is breakdown of the process time

Jim take orders 5 minutes

Tim prepares bread and Kim prepares filling for the order 7 - 10 minutes. We use 7 minutes since we are looking for minimum time.

Jim then assembles the bread 5 minutes

Time delivers order and takes payment 5 minutes

Total time = 5 + 7 + 5 + 5 = 22 minuites