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The Big Black Bird Company (BBBC) has a large order for special plastic-lined military uniforms to be used in an urgent military operation. Working the normal two shifts of 40 hours each per week, the BBBC production process usually produces 2,500 uniforms per week at a
- Did the multifactor productivity ratio increase, decrease, or remain the same? If it changed, by what percentage did it change?
- Did the labor productivity ratio increase, decrease, or remain the same? ¡fit changed, by what percentage did it change?
- Did weekly profits increase, decrease, or remain the same?
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