Suds And Duds Laundry Washed And Pressed The Following Numbe

Suds And Duds Laundry Washed And Pressed The Following Number

Suds and Duds Laundry washed and pressed the following number of dress shirts per week, along with the total hours worked by each crew during those weeks:

Calculate the labor productivity per hour for each week (rounded to two decimal places):

Labor productivity per hour is calculated by dividing the number of shirts washed and pressed by the total hours worked during that week.

Week 1

Shirts washed: 662

Hours worked: 23

Productivity = 662 / 23 ≈ 28.87

Week 2

Shirts washed: 1383

Hours worked: 38

Productivity = 1383 / 38 ≈ 36.42

Week 3

Shirts washed: 1524

Hours worked: 52

Productivity = 1524 / 52 ≈ 29.31

Week 4

Shirts washed: 1255

Hours worked: 42

Productivity = 1255 / 42 ≈ 29.88

Week 5

Shirts washed: 135

Hours worked: 21

Productivity = 135 / 21 ≈ 6.43

Summary of productivity per hour:

• Week 1: 28.87
• Week 2: 36.42
• Week 3: 29.31
• Week 4: 29.88
• Week 5: 6.43

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