Mike and Tom debone chicken breasts for Ted\'s Chicken Co. Mike is new and can o
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Question
Mike and Tom debone chicken breasts for Ted's Chicken Co. Mike is new and can only debone 30 chicken breasts per hour by hand, while Tom's experience allows him to debone 60 chicken breasts per hour by hand. Ted buys one new machine that can debone 100 chicken breasts per hour. Both Mike and Tom work the same 40 hours per week, but one of them is assigned to operate the machine instead of deboning the chicken breasts by hand. To obtain maximum average hourly productivity, ______ is assigned to use the machine and their combined average hourly productivity as a team is ______ chicken breasts
mike 65
mike 80
tom 65
tom 80
Explanation / Answer
Mike is assigned to the machine as he is the least efficient producer. After getting the machine, the team debones 160 chicken breasts per hour (Mike deboned 100 and Tom deboned 60), average hourly productivity=80