Interperiod Measurement of Productivity Profiles Helena 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 following results for the base period and its most recent year of operations: 20x1 185,400 18,540 Output Power (quantity used) Materials (quantity used) Required: 20x2 217,600 10,600 48,800 46,350 1. Compute the productivity profiles for each year. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. 20x1 20x2 Power Materials 2a. Did productivity improve? 2b. Explain why or why not