Calculate some metric to measure productivity

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Question: 1. Tubby's Tubes wants to improve their productivity. Their process yield is currently 90.51% based on 9516 pounds of PVC plastic.

If they are going to improve their productivity to {NP}, how many tubes will they have to produce from the same amount of plastic input?

2. Cutie's Cruise Lines realized that they lose money every time they sail with even one empty cabin. The company VP of Operations has asked you, the company analyst, to calculate some metric to measure productivity for the last 5 sailings.

Use the following data to determine your company's process yield as a percentage.

Ship Cabins Available Cabins Occupied
Anna 1980 1860
Betty 2105 2055
Charlie 1875 1770
Don 2020 1660
Eben 1370 1268

(Keep two decimal places in your answer)

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