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Sam works for Sally, and he is curious about his productivity from week to week. This...

Sam works for Sally, and he is curious about his productivity from week to week. This week Sam worked 60 hours and produced 294 pounds of spaghetti. He worked for 50 hours and produced 205 pounds of spaghetti the week before.

   

a.

Calculate Sam's productivity for these two weeks. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)



  This week's productivity Units / hr
Last week's productivity Units / hr

   

b.

Does his productivity increase (or decrease), and by what percent? (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

    

  Sam's productivity (Click to select)decreasedincreasedremain the same  by  %


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