George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has average of a 3% increase in productivity. He has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this year Units Produced Labor (hours) Resin (pounds). Capital Invested ($) Energy (BTU) Last Year 1,500 300 60 8,500 3,000 The productivity change for each of the inputs (Labor, Resin, Capital, and Energy) is: Labor Productivity Change-% (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign if necessary)
George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has average of a 3% increase in productivity. He has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this year Units Produced Labor (hours) Resin (pounds). Capital Invested ($) Energy (BTU) Last Year 1,500 300 60 8,500 3,000 The productivity change for each of the inputs (Labor, Resin, Capital, and Energy) is: Labor Productivity Change-% (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign if necessary)
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![Units Produced
Labor (hours)
Resin (pounds)
Capital Invested (S)
Energy (BTU)
Last Year
1,500
300
60
8,500
3.000
Now
1,500
275
48
12,000
2.500](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ffb6d72a6-8974-4bfb-9c04-cc9e9e396429%2Fa5cbec73-3fb9-4fd1-b6ec-7a4579263eac%2F1bln62e_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Units Produced
Labor (hours)
Resin (pounds)
Capital Invested (S)
Energy (BTU)
Last Year
1,500
300
60
8,500
3.000
Now
1,500
275
48
12,000
2.500
![George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency George is interested in c
Kaverage of a 3% increase in productivity. He has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this year
Units Produced
Labor (hours)
Resin (pounds)
Capital Invested (S)
Energy (BTU)
Last Year
1,500
300
60
8,500
3,000
The productivity change for each of the inputs (Labor, Resin, Capital, and Energy) is
Labor Productivity Change-% fenter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign if necessary)
N
1.
4
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Transcribed Image Text:George Kyparisis makes bowling balls in his Miami plant. With recent increases in his costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency George is interested in c
Kaverage of a 3% increase in productivity. He has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this year
Units Produced
Labor (hours)
Resin (pounds)
Capital Invested (S)
Energy (BTU)
Last Year
1,500
300
60
8,500
3,000
The productivity change for each of the inputs (Labor, Resin, Capital, and Energy) is
Labor Productivity Change-% fenter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign if necessary)
N
1.
4
12
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