If the sum of the task times required to produce a product is 45 minutes and the cycle time for the same product is 10 minutes, the theoretical minimum number of workstations is 5 using the assembly-line balancing procedure.

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The theoretical minimum number of workstations is calculated by dividing the sum of the task times by the cycle time, so 45 minutes / 10 minutes = 4.5, which rounds up to 5 workstations.

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