The Dulac Box plant works two 8-hour shifts each day. In the past, 500 cypress packing boxes were produced by the end of each day. The use of new technology has enabled them to increase productivity by 30%. Productivity is now approximately

A) 32.5 boxes/hr.
B) 40.6 boxes/hr.
C) 62.5 boxes/hr.
D) 81.25 boxes/hr.
E) 300 boxes/hr.

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Trenon Pritchard · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  With the new technology, productivity increased by 30%, so the new daily output is 500 boxes * 1.30 = 650 boxes. Since the plant works two 8-hour shifts, that's 16 hours of work per day. Therefore, the productivity is 650 boxes / 16 hours = 40.625 boxes/hr.

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