Pls explain the correct as well as in incorrect option why they are incorrect. e. from $6.00 per pair to $3.81 for aproduction facility in Latin Americathat currently has labor productivity of3,500 pairs per worker and total regularcompensation (which does not includeovertime pay) of $20,000 annually. If a company invests in productionimprovement option D that will boostlabor productivity by 50%, while its annualdepreciation costs will rise by an amountequal to 10% of the investment costsassociated with installing option D, it isaccurate to say that its labor costs perpair produced will declinea. the greatest in whichever companyproduction facility currently has thelowest total employee compensation peryear.b. by the same dollar amount in all ofthe company's production facilities thatimplement option D because the gainsin labor productivity are 50% irrespectiveof what other differences in labor-relatedconditions may exist.c. from $5.00 per pair to $3.33 for aproduction facility in the Asia-Pacificthat currently has labor productivity of3,600 pairs per worker and total regularcompensation (which does not includeovertime pay) of $18,000 annually.d. from $4.61 per pair to $3.50 for aproduction facility in the Asia-Pacificthat currently has labor productivity of3,800 pairs per worker and total regularcompensation (which does not includeovertime pay) of $17,500 annually.

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