Suppose That a Plant Manager Is Only Evaluated Based on the Partial

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Short Answer

Suppose that a plant manager is only evaluated based on the partial productivity measure: output/(number of employees). If she replaces 10% of the workforce with robots (one robot per replaced worker), and output remains the same, what will be the percent change in this measure of productivity?

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