Graph the Budget Constraint for a Worker Who Earns 5

question 35

Essay

Graph the budget constraint for a worker who earns 5 dollars an hour and can, theoretically, work 24 hours a day. Measure units of leisure along the horizontal axis. Now graph the budget constraint for a worker who makes 6 dollars an hour and can, theoretically, work 24 hours a day. Compare the two graphs.

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Definitions:

Responsibility Accounting

A system of accountability in which managers are held responsible for those items of revenue and cost—and only those items—over which they can exert significant control. The managers are held responsible for differences between budgeted and actual results.

Significant Variances

Discrepancies between planned and actual figures that are large enough to warrant attention and possibly corrective action by management.

Cost Control

A process of managing and monitoring expenses to keep business operations within a budget.

Responsibility Accounting

A system of accounting which holds individuals or departments accountable for costs and expenses under their control.