16. Live Trap Corporation received the data below for its rodent cage produc

16. Live Trap Corporation received the data below for its rodent cage production unit. Find
the totalproductivity.

Output Input

50000 cages Production time 620 labor hours

Sales price: $3.50 per unit Wages $7.50 per hour

Raw materials (total cost) $30000

Component parts (total cost) $15350

17. Two types of cars (Deluxe and Limited) were produced by a car manufacturer last year.

Quantities sold price per unit and labor hours follow. What is the labor productivity for each car? Explain the problem(s) associated with
the labor productivity.

Quantity $/Unit

Deluxe car 4000 units sold $8000/car

Limited car 6000 units sold $9500/car

Labor Deluxe 20000 hours $12/hour

Labor Limited 30000 hours $14/hour

19. Various financial data for the past two years follow. Calculate the total productivity
measure

and the partial measures for labor capital and raw materials for this company for both years. What do these measures tell you about this
company?

Last Year This Year

Output: Sales $200000 $220000

Input: Labor 30000 40000

Raw materials 35000 45000

Energy 5000 6000

Capital 50000 50000

Other 2000 3000

20. An electronics company makes communications devices for military contracts. The company just
completed two contracts. The navy contract was for 2300 devices and took 25 workers two weeks (40 hours per week) to complete. The army contract was for 5500
devices that were produced by 35 workers in three weeks. On which contract were the workers more productive?

21. A retail store had sales of $45000 in April and $56000 in May. The store employs eight
full-time workers who work a 40-hour week. In April the store also had seven part-time workers at 10 hours per week and in May the store had nine part-timers
at 15 hours per week (assume four weeks in each month). Using sales dollars as the measure of output what is the percentage change in productivity from April
to May?