Three Workers Run a House Painting Business and Always Work

question 113

Multiple Choice

Three workers run a house painting business and always work the same number of hours together. The paint they use requires applying two coats. Each worker paints 200 square feet per hour using a roller or 80 square feet per hour using a brush. If a technological advance provides a paint that only requires one coat, their average labor productivity per hour as a team:

• A)increases.
• B)decreases.
• C)remains the same.
• D)may either increase or decrease.

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Definitions:

Heterogeneous

Consisting of elements or components that are very different from one another; diverse in character or content.

Prefix

A linguistic element placed at the beginning of words to modify their meaning or create new terms, commonly used in medical nomenclature.

SOAP

An acronym for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan; a method used in medical documentation to organize patient notes.

Assessment

The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something.