A freight delivery service is looking at the impact of allowing overtime in their packing-sorting department. For a week they measured the average number of packages sorted during a regular 8-hr shift. The next week they measured the average number of packages sorted during a regular shift with 2 hr of overtime. During the first week (just regular time), the average number of packages sorted was 1,250. During the second week (regular time with overtime), the average number of packages sorted was 1,500. Required:
a. What was the productivity during the first week?
b. What was the productivity during the second week?

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively. (a) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base. (b) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.