Manager Checked Production Records Found Worker Produced 195 Units Working 50 Hours Previo Q34298634

A manager checked production records and found that a workerproduced 195 units while working 50 hours. In the previous week,the same worker produced 140 units while working 40 hours. a.Compute Current period productivity and Previous periodproductivity. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Currentperiod productivity Units / hr Previous period productivity Units /hr b. Did the worker’s productivity increase, decrease, or remainthe same? (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.) Worker’sproductivity by %

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* Current period productivity=output/input

=195/50

=3.9

* Previous pariop productivity

= 140/40

= 3.5

* Productivity change

=(current productivity-old productivity)/old productivity

=(3.9-3.5)/3.5

=0.11

Therefore, the worker’s