题目选项分析

A large manufacturing company pays most of its many factory workers minimum wage. Following a new law requiring increased minimum wage rates, the company's operating costs rose significantly. However, since the wage increase, the company's profits have risen dramatically.

Which of the following, if true, would help resolve this apparent paradox?

【选项】As a result of the wage increase, the factory workers' productivity rose dramatically, resulting in lower costs-per-item produced.