A manager checked production records and found that a worker produced 215 units

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A manager checked production records and found that a worker produced 215 units while working 50 hours. In the previous week, the same worker produced 136 units while working 40 hours.

Compute Current period productivity and Previous period productivity. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Did the worker's productivity increase, decrease, or remain the same? (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

A manager checked production records and found that a worker produced 215 units while working 50 hours. In the previous week, the same worker produced 136 units while working 40 hours.

Explanation / Answer

a. productivity = output in terms of number of units produced/input in terms of working hours

current period productivity = 215 units/50 hours = 4.30 units per hour.

previous period productivity = 136 units/40 hours = 3.40 units per hour.

b. Worker's productivity have increased in the current period from the previous period. % increase = (current productivity- previous productivity)/previous productivity

= (4.3-3.4)/3.4 = 0.9/3.4 = 26.47% increase.

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