Question

A water bottle manufacturer plant uses a three-step procedure to produce each unit of bottled water. The first step, casting, which uses 35 labor hours to operate the furnace. The second step, quenching, which uses 35 labor hours, and the final step, dispatch, uses 70 labor hours. If the factory produces 14,000 bottles, than the productivity of labor is equal to:

Answer 1

Answer: 100 bottles per labor hour

Explanation:

To solve this question, we need to first calculate the number of labor hours used. This will be:

= 35 + 35 + 70

= 140 labor hours

Since the total number of bottles produced by the factory is 14000 bottles, then the productivity of labor will be equal to:

= Total production / Total labor hours .

= 14000 / 140

= 100 bottles per labor hour