Summit on September 17 (Mon.) before class starts. N eletu Question 1, (20%) SYK

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Summit on September 17 (Mon.) before class starts. N eletu Question 1, (20%) SYK furniture Co. makes household furniture. One of their plants produce Mediterranean style round kitchen tables, made of oak. The plant had used two 10hr shifts but because of recent high dermand they changed to three 8 hr shifts. For the change, they installed a new process layout. Before the change when they used two shifts they produced 300 round tables, but after the change to three shifts they produced 400 tables. Compare productivity between before and after the cha the Ro five or more and round down for less than five in the fourth decimal figure Question 2.(20%) In City A, one of automobile dealers found the relationship between gas price and their hybrid car sales Using the linear equation, predict hybrid car demand when the gas price is between $3.50-3.60/gallon For all calculations, di Gas price (Cents/gallon) # of hybrid cars sold in city A fper month 15 260-270 270-280 280-290 290-300 00-310 310-320 30 40 57 65

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Question 1

Productivity before change = output / labor hours = 300 / (2*10) = 15 tables per labor hour

Productivity after change = output / labor hours = 400 / (3*8) = 16.667 tables per labor hour

Change in productivity = 16.667 - 15 = 1.667

% change in productivity = 1.667/15 = 11.11 %

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