Scenario: In 2010, Bozone had fifteen full-time (40 hours per week) employees and brewed 10 million cans of beer in 300 business days. Bozone paid each employee $15 per hour. In 2015, production increased to 20 million cans, and five new employees were hired. A new policy allowed employees to take the day off if it is a powder day at Bridger ski resort.
-Refer to the scenario above.Assume that there were 60 powder days in 2015.Productivity at Bozone ________.
A) almost doubled
B) increased by 20 percent
C) decreased by 20 percent
D) remained the same

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In 2010, 15 employees produced 10 million cans in 300 days. In 2015, with 20 employees (5 more than in 2010) and assuming they worked the same 300 days minus the 60 powder days (240 working days), they produced 20 million cans. Despite working 60 days less, they doubled the production, indicating that productivity (cans produced per employee per day) almost doubled.

Scenario: in 2010, Bozone Had Fifteen Full-Time (40 Hours Per