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Given in the following table are the tasks necessary for final assembly of a hospital bed, the length of time needed to perform each task, and the operations that must be completed prior to subsequent operations. Construct a precedence diagram and balance the assembly line for a desired cycle time of 14 minutes. Draw a schematic diagram of the balanced line. How many beds can actually be assembled in an eight-hour period?

Element	Precedence	Time (min)
A	None	4
B	None	5
C	None	8
D	A	4
E	A, B	3
F	B	3
G	D, E	5
H	F	7
I	G, H	1
J	I	7
K	C, J	4