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Part 1

Lake Charles Seafood makes 500 wooden packing boxes for fresh seafood per day, working in two 10-hour shifts. Due to increased demand, plant managers have decided to operate three 8-hour shifts per day instead. The plant is now able to produce 700 boxes per day.

a) Before the change in work rules, the company's productivity per day = ______ enter your response here

boxes/hour (round your response to two decimal places).