The main objective of private industry is to generate income; therefore, any legislated restrictions on business practices operate only to industry's disadvantage. Industry must be allowed complete freedom in the development of new technologies as well as in the manufacturing of products. Opponents of the conclusion drawn above would be LEAST likely to cite which of the following points in their rebuttals?
a. If consumers know that an industry operates within the bounds of environmental regulations, they are more likely to purchase that company's products.
b. Legislated restrictions force companies to run more efficiently, which in turn reduces operating costs.
c. When a company's management restricts research and development to a few focused areas, the immediate cost benefits are substantial.
d. technological research is unrestricted by legislation, companies waste money developing similar technologies.
e. some cases, industrial compliance with strict regulations has resulted in the invention of more efficient means of production.

Imagine us is a startup that offers high definition 3d prenatal ultrasounds for high-end customers. the service process includes four activities that are conducted in the sequence described below. (the time required for each activity is shown in parentheses): activity 1: welcome a patient and explain the procedure. (20 minutes)activity 2: prep the patient (e.g., show them to the room, apply ultrasound gel). (17 minutes) (*your id number represents the amount of time needed to complete this task)activity 3: take images. (5 minutes)activity 4: discuss diagnostic with patient. (20 minutes)at each location there are employees (servers) s1, s2, and s3. the assignment of tasks to servers is the following: s1 does activities 1 and 2.s2 does activity 3.s3 does activity 4.a. what is the capacity of this process (in customers per hour)? b. suppose 3 patients arrive every hour on average. ignoring any “start of day” or “end of day” effects, what are the utilizations of all three servers (%)? c. suppose each activity can be done by any server and any server can do any set of activities. however, each activity is done by only one server. for example, a possible assignment includes: s1 does activity 1, s2 does activity 2, and s3 does activities 3 and 4. of course, the original assignment of servers to activities is also feasible. what is the maximum capacity of the process (in customers per hour)? d. now consider the capacity measures in (c) and (a), what is the percentage change? why can you improve capacity without using additional resources? (there is no free lunch, right? )note: for all hw assignments, show your process of getting the results. only providing the final answers is not acceptable and will get 0%. if necessary, use a separate sheet of paper to show your work.