Answer: Allocative efficiency occurs when the<u><em> marginal cost equals the marginal benefit to society</em></u>
Allocative efficiency is a state of the economy in which production stand for individual preferences, every commodity or work is produced up to the state where the last part renders a marginal benefit to individual equal to the marginal cost of producing.
<u><em>Therefore the correct option is (c)</em></u>
Answer: 204.76%
Explanation:
In the earlier scenario, furniture maker manufactured 47 (42 non defective) pieces per 5 laborers working 8 hours day.
Thus, the productivity in terms of units per labor hour is as follows:
= 1.05
Similarly, after the process improvement, the productivity in units per labor hour would be:
= 3.2
Thus change in productivity would be calculated as:
= 2.047 × 100
= 204.76%
Thus, the productivity of non defective parts would increase by 204.76%.