Archer contracting repaved 35 miles of four-lane interstate roadway working 10 days with a crew of five employees using $9000 of paving material. nearby, bronson contracting repaved 50 miles of two-lane county roadway with a crew of six employees. bronson's crew worked 8 days and used $7000 worth of paving material. both archer contracting and bronson contracting rented the same paving equipment to complete their respective assignments, costing each $1500 a day, and labor cost per employee is $160 a day for both companies. which company is more productive and by how much?

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a) Based on the measure provided, Bronson is most productive. b) Archer is the most productive now by 0.000039 miles of road per $. c) Bronson has the higher productivity by 0.0075 miles of road per $. d) The reason why it is different is because Bronson is more labor productive. Therefore the advantages goes to Bronson as labor becomes more expensive.