Question

A parcel delivery company delivered 103,000 packages in 2009, when its average employment was 84 drivers. In 2010 the firm handled 112,000 deliveries with 96 drivers. What was the percentage change in productivity from 2009 to 2010

Answer 1

-4.85%

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the change in productivity is shown below:

a b a divided by b

Year Packages Drivers Output

2009 103,000 84 1226.19

2010 112,000 96 1,166.67

Now the change in productivity is

= (1,166.67 - 1226.19) ÷ (1226.19)

= -4.85%