SOLUTION: Please explain. A manager checked production records and found that a worker produced 160 units while working 40 hours. In the previous week, the same worker produced 138 units w

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Question 157042: Please explain. A manager checked production records and found that a worker produced 160 units while working 40 hours. In the previous week, the same worker produced 138 units while working 36 hours. Did the worker's productivity increase, decrease, or remain the same? Explain how?
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
160/40=4 units per hour
138/36=3.8333 per hour a lower rate.