Reference no: EM132979221

Broha Company manufactured 1,550 units of its only product during 2019. The inputs for this production are as follows:

500 pounds of Material A at a cost of $1.44 per pound
250 pounds of Material H at a cost of $2.56 per pound
242 direct labor hours at $20 per hour

The firm manufactured 1,875 units of the same product in 2018 with the following inputs:

510 pounds of Material A at a cost of $1.25 per pound
370 pounds of Material H at a cost of $2.55 per pound
410 direct labor hours at $20 per hour

Problem 1: The total productivity ratio in 2019 is: (Round all calculations to 2 significant digits.)

A. 1.25
B. 0.88
C. 1.79
D. 0.25
E. 6.25