.A team of 10 unloaders is employed in good reception bay of alarge warehouse. During an 8 hour day 40 lorries arrive and ittakes the team 10 minutes to unload each lorry. Each teammember is paid RM3 per hour and it costs RM10 per hour to keeplorries waiting. Studies show that increasing the team to 14 menwould reduce the unloading time to 7 minutes.Would it be worthwhile increasing the team to 14?

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