A U.S. manufacturing company operating a subsidiary in an LDC (less-developed country) shows the following results:
| | U.S. | LDC |
| Sales (units) | | 100,060 | | | 20,100 | |
| Labor (hours) | | 20,500 | | | 15,500 | |
| Raw materials (currency) | $ | 19,800 | | FC* | 20,500 | |
| Capital equipment (hours) | | 61,400 | | | 5,520 | |
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*Foreign Currency unit
| a-1. | Calculate partial labor and capital productivity figures for the parent and subsidiary. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) |
| a-2. | Do the results seem confusing? |
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| b-1. | Compute the multifactor productivity figures for labor and capital together. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) |
| b-2. | Do the results make more sense? |
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| c. | Calculate raw material productivity figures (units/$ where $1 = FC 10). (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) |
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