Question: up up and away is a producer of kites and...

Up, Up, and Away is a producer of kites and wind socks. Relevant data on the bottleneck operation in the shop for the upcoming fiscal year are given in the following table:

                                                                                                                              

  

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Item	Kites	Wind Socks
Demand forecast	28 comma 00028,000 units/year	10 comma 00010,000 units/year
Lot size	1515 units	7070 units
Standard processing time	0.30.3 hour/unit	1.01.0 hour/unit
Standard setup time	3.0 hours/lot	4.0 hours/lot

The shop works two shifts per day, 8 hours per shift,

200200

days per year. Currently, the company operates four machines, and desires a 25 percent capacity cushion. How many machines should be purchased to meet the upcoming year's demand without resorting to any short-term capacity solutions?

The number of additional machines required is

_______.

(Enter

your response rounded up to the next whole

number. )