HWInterperiod Measurement of Productivity, Profit-Linked MeasurementPrint ItemHelena Company needs to increase its profits and so has embarked on a program to increase its overall productivity. After one year of operation, Kent Olson, manager of the Columbus plant, reported the followingresults for the base period and its most recent year of operations:OutputPower (quantity used)Materials (quantity used)20x120x2185,700217,80018,57011,10037,14047,100Suppose the following input prices are provided for each year:Unit price (power)Unit price (materials)20x120x2$416$51568Unit selling priceRequired:1. Compute the profit-linked productivity measure. By how much did profits increase due to productivity? If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollaramount.2. Calculate the price-recovery component for 20x2. If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount.

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quired: Compute the profit-linked productivity measure. By how much did profits increase due to productivity? If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar mount. Calculate the price-recovery component for 20x2. If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount.

quired: Compute the profit-linked productivity measure. By how much did profits increase due to productivity? If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar mount. Calculate the price-recovery component for 20x2. If required, round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest dollar amount.

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