A catering company prepared and served 345 meals at an anniversary celebration last week using nine workers. The week before, seven workers prepared and served 240 meals at a wedding reception. a1. Calculate the labor productivity for each event. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Anniversary meals/worker Wedding meals/worker a2. For which event was the labor productivity higher? Anniversary rev: 03_15_2012 Explanation: Anniversary = 345 / 9 = 38.3 meals/worker Wedding = 240 / 7 = 34.3 meals/worker

A catering company prepared and served 345 meals at an anniversary celebration last week using nine workers. The week before, seven workers prepared and served 240 meals at a wedding reception.

  

a1.	Calculate the labor productivity for each event. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

  

Anniversary		meals/worker
Wedding		meals/worker

   

a2.	For which event was the labor productivity higher?
	Anniversary

rev: 03_15_2012


Explanation:

Anniversary = 345 / 9 = 38.3 meals/worker

Wedding = 240 / 7 = 34.3 meals/worker