Question

The Burdell Company makes tee shirts on an assembly line that works 5 days per week and uses 5 workers. Over the past 4 weeks, the line has produced 16,000 shirts. The line's productivity for the 4-week period is:

a) 4 shirts per hour
b) 80 shirts per hour
c) 100 shirts per hour
d) 400 shirts per hour

Answer 1

The productivity of the Burdell Company's assembly line over the 4-week period is 100 shirts per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the line's productivity for the 4-week period of tee shirt production at the Burdell Company, we need to know the total production time. Since the assembly line works 5 days per week, over 4 weeks, that equals 20 workdays. Assuming a standard 8-hour workday, this gives us 160 total work hours (20 days * 8 hours). Next, we divide the total number of shirts produced by the total number of work hours.

Total shirts produced: 16,000
Total work hours: 160
Productivity: 16,000 shirts / 160 hours = 100 shirts per hour