A Standard Work Year Is 2,000 Hours at the Luther

Multiple Choice

A standard work year is 2,000 hours at the Luther Mill and it takes about an hour and a half to fill a customer order. Last year saw 15,000 customer orders at the mill and the manager has a new John Deere in mind as a company car, so he hopes that there is an increase of 15% in customer orders for next year. If the manager hires fourteen workers, what is the capacity cushion?

A) 7.6%
B) 8.2%
C) 6.9%
D) 8.8%