15 Sara\'s Cookies bakes decorated cookies on an assembly line. It currently bak

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15 Sara's Cookies bakes decorated cookies on an assembly line. It currently bakes 600 cookies each eight-hour shift. If the production is increased to 900 cookies each shift, then productivity will have increased by A 50 percent. B. 33 percent. C. 25 percent D. 67 percent. 16 In an assembly operation at a furniture factory, six employees assembled an average of 450 standard dining chairs per five-day week. What is the labor productivity of this operation? A. 90 chairs/worker/day B. 20 chairs/worker/day C. 15 chairs/worker/day D. 75 chairs/worker/day E. 60 chairs/worker/day 17 The weekly output of a fabrication process is shown below, together with data for labor and material inputs. Standard selling price is $125 per unit. Overhead is charged weekly at the rate of $1,500 plus .5 times direct labor cost. Assume a 40-hour week and an hourly wage of $16. Material cost is $10 per foot. What is the average multifactor productivity? Material (ft) 2720 2790 # Workers Output 392 408 Week A. 1.463 B. 1.457 C. 1.431 D. 1.5 E 1.521

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15. A. 50 percent

Increase in Productivity = ((900-600)/600} *100

= 50%

16. C. 15Chairs/Worker/Day

6 Workers working 5 day per week produces 450 Chairs

1 worker working 5 day per week will produce = 450/6

= 75 Chairs

1 worker working 1 day will produce = 75/5

= 15 Chairs

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