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Alyssa's Custom Cakes currently sells 5 birthday, 2 wedding and 3 specialty cakes each month for $50, $150 and $100 each respectively. The cost of labor is $50 per hour including benefits. It takes 90 minutes to produce a birthday cake, 240 minutes to produce a wedding cake and 60 minutes to produce a specialty cake. Alyssa's current multifactor productivity ration is 1.25

a.) Assuming each cake costs the same to make, what is the average cost to produce a cake?
b.) Calculate Alyssa's labor productivity ration in dollars per hour for each type of cake
c.) Based solely on the labor productivity ration, which cake should Alyssa try to sell the most
d.) Based on your answer in part (a) is there a type of cake Alyssa should stop selling?

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a.) Revenue from selling 5 birthday cakes=5*50=$250
Revenue from selling 2 wedding cakes=2*150=$300
Revenue from selling 3 specialty cakes=3*100=$300

Total output (Revenue)=250+300+300=850
Total cakes sold=5+3+2=10

Multifactor productivity=MFP=1.25

We know that MFP=Total output (Revenue)/Total input ...

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