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Apex Brothers builds birdhouses for its customers. The average birdhouse is priced at $30. Labor costs for a birdhouse average $10 per birdhouse, material costs average $3 per birdhouse, and overhead costs average $5 per birdhouse
a.What is the labor productivity?
b.What is the materials productivity?
c.What is the total productivity?
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