Question

An electronics company makes communications devices for military contracts. The company just completed two contracts. The navy contract was for 2,300 devices and took 25 workers two weeks (40 hours per week) to complete. The army contract was for 5,500 devices that were produced by 35 workers in three weeks. a. Calculate the productivity for navy and army contracts in units produced per labor hour. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Contract Productivity Navy 1.15 correct Army 1.31 correct b. On which contract were the workers more productive

Answer 1

(A) Navy contract= 1.15

Army contract= 1.31

(B) The workers were more productive on the army contract.

Step-by-step explanation:

An electronics company makes communication devices for military contracts

(A) Navy contracts was for 2,300 devices , 25 workers and 2 weeks to complete at the rate of 40 hours per week

The productivity can be calculated as follows

= output/input

= 2300/25×2×40

= 2300/2000

= 1.15

The army contract was for 5,500 devices , 35 workers in 3 weeks at the rate of 40 hours per week

The productivity can be calculated as follows

= output/input

= 5500/35×3×40

= 5500/4200

= 1.31

(B) Since the navy contract is 1.15 and the army contract is 1.31 then the workers were more productive on the army contract