Question: A standard work year is 2 , 4 0 0 hours at the Luther Mill and it takes about 2 hours to fill a customer

A standard work year is 2,400 hours at the Luther Mill and it takes about 2 hours to fill a customer order. Last year saw 18,000 customer orders at the mill and the manager has a new Ford F-150 in mind as a company car, so he hopes that there is an increase of 10% in customer orders for next year. If the manager hires 15 workers, what is the capacity cushion?
A)54.2%
B)8.3%
C)45.8%
D)91.7%

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