Archer contracting repaved 35 miles of four-lane interstate roadway working 10 days with a crew of five employees using $9000 of paving material. nearby, bronson contracting repaved 50 miles of two-lane county roadway with a crew of six employees. bronson's crew worked 8 days and used $7000 worth of paving material. both archer contracting and bronson contracting rented the same paving equipment to complete their respective assignments, costing each $1500 a day, and labor cost per employee is $160 a day for both companies. which company is more productive and by how much?
a) Based on the measure provided, Bronson is most productive.
b) Archer is the most productive now by 0.000039 miles of road per $.
c) Bronson has the higher productivity by 0.0075 miles of road per $.
d) The reason why it is different is because Bronson is more labor productive. Therefore the advantages goes to Bronson as labor becomes more expensive.
