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The times are written to indicate weeks!!!!
Let the start date of the project shown in Activity 3 be January 1, 2020. Determine start dates of all the activities. Draw a Gantt chart. You may use Microsoft Excel, Gantt project, or some other software.
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A, 5
B, 4
C, 8
D, 8
E, 5
F, 6
G, 5
H, 7
I, 3
J, 3
K, 7
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