Question

An electronics company makes communication devices for military contracts. The company just completed two contracts. The navy contract was 2,300 devices and took 25 workers two weeks ( 40 hours per week) to complete. The army contract was for 5,500 devices that were produced by 35 workers in three weeks. On which contract were the workers more productive?

Answer 1

Answer:

Workers of army contract were more productive.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine on which contract the workers were more productive compute the work done per hour by the workers for both contracts.

• Navy Contract:

Number of devices = 2,300

Number of workers = 25

Number of weeks = 2 weeks

Number of hours per week = 40

The number of hours it took 25 workers to produce 2300 devices is =

$=25\times2\times40\\=2000\ hours$

Then number of devices produced in 1 hour is = $\frac{2300}{2000}= 1.15\ devices\ per\ hour$

• Army Contract:

Number of devices = 5,500

Number of workers = 35

Number of weeks = 3 weeks

Number of hours per week = 40

The number of hours it took 35 workers to produce 5500 devices is =$=35\times3\times40\\=4200\ hours$

Then number of devices produced in 1 hour is = $\frac{5500}{4200}= 1.31\ devices\ per\ hour$

The workers for the army contract are more productive since they produce 1.31 devices per hour whereas the workers for navy contract produces 1.15 devices per hour.