document.write( "Question 1188479: Last week employees at Bluegill produced 46 chairs after working a total of 200 hours. Of the 46 chairs produced, 12 were damaged due to a problem with the new sanding machine. The damaged chairs can be discounted and sold for $25 each. The undamaged chairs are sold to a department store retail chain for $70 each. What was the labor productivity ratio for last week? If labor productivity was $15 in sales per hour the previous week, what was the change in labor productivity? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Last week employees at Bluegill produced 46 chairs after working a total of 200 hours.
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document.write( "(a)  To answer question (a), calculate the total sales revenue\r\n" );
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document.write( "         12*25 + (46-12)*70 = 2680 dollars\r\n" );
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document.write( "     and then divide it by the elapsed time.  You will get the answer\r\n" );
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document.write( "         the labor productivity ratio for last week =  =  = 13.40 dollars.      ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  If the labor productivity was $15 per hour the previous week,\r\n" );
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document.write( "     it means that the it decreased from $15.00 the previous week to 13.40 last week,\r\n" );
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document.write( "     and the decrease of labor productivity was 15.00 - 13.40 = 1.60 dollars per hour.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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