Question

This​ year, druehl,​ inc., will produce 57 comma 60057,600 hot water heaters at its plant in​ delaware, in order to meet expected global demand. to accomplish​ this, each laborer at the plant will work 200200 hours per month. if the labor productivity at the plant is 0.250.25 hot water heaters per labor​ hour, how many laborers are employed at the​ plant?

Answer 1

If one labour works 200 hours per month, the amount of hot water heaters the labour can produce is = 200 × 0.25 = 50 hot water heaters

The demand is to produce 57600 hot water heaters

The number of labourers employed is 57600 ÷ 50 = 1152 labourers