Consider a small island country whose only industry is weaving. The following table shows information about the small economy in two different years.
Complete the table by calculating physical capital per worker as well as labor productivity.

Hint: Recall that productivity is defined as the amount of goods and services a worker can produce per hour. In this problem, measure productivity as the quantity of goods per hour of labor. Year Physical Capital Labor Force Physical Capital per Worker Labor Hours Output Labor Productivity (Fishing poles) (Workers) (Fishing poles) (Hours) (Fish) (Fish per hour of labor) 2027 300 100 3 5,000 45,000 9 2028 480 120 4 4,200 50,400 12

Based on your calculations, in physical capital per worker from 2027 to 2028 is associated with in labor productivity from 2027 to 2028.

Suppose you're in charge of establishing economic policy for this small island country.

Which of the following policies would lead to greater productivity in the weaving industry?

a. Imposing restrictions on foreign ownership of domestic capital
b. Offering free public education to every worker in the country
c. Encouraging saving by allowing workers to set aside a portion of their earnings in tax-free retirement accounts
d. Imposing a tax on looms

The chromosome manufacturing company produces two products, x and y. the company president, jean mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product x. she notes that competitors are selling x for a price well below chromosome's price of $13.50. at the same time, she notes that competitors are pricing product y almost twice as high as chromosome's price of $12.50.ms. mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period: product x product y number of units 11,000 3,000 direct materials cost per unit $3.23 $3.09 direct labor cost per unit $2.22 $2.10 direct labor hours 10,000 3,500 machine hours 2,100 1,800 inspection hours 80 100 purchase orders 10 30ms. mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. the overhead costs for this time period consisted of the following items: overhead cost item amount inspection costs $16,200 purchasing costs 8,000 machine costs 49,000 total $73,200using direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs determine the gross margin per unit for product x. choose the best answer from the list below.a. $1.93b. $3.12c. $7.38d. $2.43e. $1.73using activity-based costing for overhead allocation, determine the gross margin per unit for product y. choose best answer from list below.a. $10.07b. ($2.27)c. ($5.23)d. ($7.02)e. $7.02