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Leaving Certificate Technology 2017

daraghwal · 2017-06-22 17:38:40

I am doing critical path diagrams. In the book the path starts at 1 but in the exam papers 2011 Section B Question 3 (d) 0 is used as the earliest start time. I found this article https://www.izenbridge.com/blog/comparison-between-early-start-as-0-or-1-in-network-diagram/ but it has only confused me more. Is there a…

22-06-2017 06:38PM

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I am doing critical path diagrams. In the book the path starts at 1 but in the exam papers 2011 Section B Question 3 (d) 0 is used as the earliest start time. I found this article https://www.izenbridge.com/blog/comparison-between-early-start-as-0-or-1-in-network-diagram/ but it has only confused me more. Is there a definitive answer?

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#2 22-06-2017 07:37PM

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According to my teacher who was one of the first second-level Tech teachers in the country... almost all of the book is a load of crap.
In my class we've always started it at 0, I believe.

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#3 22-06-2017 08:04PM

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Nyctolust wrote: »

According to my teacher who was one of the first second-level Tech teachers in the country... almost all of the book is a load of crap.
In my class we've always started it at 0, I believe.

I was just looking at another book and it started at 0 as well so I think I'll stick with that. Thanks.

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