An electronics company makes communications devices for military contracts. The company just completed two contracts. The navy contract was for 2,500 devices and took 26 workers three weeks (40 hours per week) to complete. The army contract was for 5,400 devices that were produced by 34 workers in four weeks (40 hours per week).

a. Calculate the productivity for navy and army contracts in units produced per labor hour. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

b. On which contract were the workers more productive?

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Rowland

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7 March, 03:27

An electronics company makes communications devices for military contracts. The company just completed two contracts. The navy contract was for 2,500 devices and took 26 workers three weeks (40 hours per week) to complete. The army contract was for 5,400 devices that were produced by 34 workers in four weeks (40 hours per week).

a. Calculate the productivity for navy and army contracts in units produced per labor hour. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

b. On which contract were the workers more productive?

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Corey Pham · Answer 1

(a) 0.8013; 0.9926

(b) Army contract

Explanation:

So for the navy contract,

there were a total of 26 * 40 * 3 = 3,120 man hours put in to make 2500 devices.

Devices per man hour:

= 2,500 : 3,120

= 0.8013

For the army contract,

there were a total of 34 * 40 * 4 = 5,440 man hours put in to make 5,400 devices.

Devices per man hour:

= 5,400 : 5,440

= 0.9926

So they were more productive on the army contract.