In early 2006, Global Telecom, a telephone communications company, purchased
the controlling interest in Eurotel in an eastern European country. A key
productivity measure monitored by Global Telecom is the number of customer
telephone lines per employee. Consider the following data:

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Customer lines Employees Lines per employee 2006 (without Eurotel) 15,054,000 2006* (with Eurotel) 19,994,000 2005 14,315,000 74,520 114,590 70,866 202 174 202 3% per year Normal growth in lines and employees (prior to purchase of Eurotel) *Includes customer lines and employees of Eurotel.