XYZ added 12 additional workers to its manufacturing plant, which increased the daily payroll from $12,530 to $14,686, but output went from 1,091 to 4,898 units per day. What was the Percentage Productivity Increase from this move? (Show your answer in decimal for to 3 places -- if you calculated the answer to be 12.3% then input 0.123).

XYZ added 12 additional workers to its manufacturing plant, which increased the daily payroll from $12,530 to $14,686, but output went from 1,091 to 4,898 units per day. What was the Percentage Productivity Increase from this move? (Show your answer in decimal for to 3 places -- if you calculated the answer to be 12.3% then input 0.123).

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