Assume that an assembly line has four tasks that must be completed (in order, A, B, C, and D). The tasks have processing times of 8, 12, 9, and 10 minutes per unit, respectively. Which task is the bottleneck?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D

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The bottleneck is the task with the longest processing time per unit. In this case, task B has a processing time of 12 minutes per unit, which is longer than all the other tasks. Therefore, task B is the bottleneck.

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