Your Employer Has Asked You to Start Working Overtime and Has

question 142

Multiple Choice

Your employer has asked you to start working overtime and has offered to pay $18 per hour for every hour you work beyond forty hours a week. The wage rate for each of the first forty hours will continue to be the usual $15 per hour. In terms of dollars, what is the marginal benefit of working each hour of overtime?

• A) Zero
• B) $15.00
• C) $3.00
• D) $18.00

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Definitions:

Liquidity

A firm’s cash and marketable securities position, refers to its ability to meet maturing obligations. A liquid asset is any asset that can be quickly sold and converted to cash at its “fair” value. Active markets provide liquidity.

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Sales divided by inventories.

Liquidity Position

A measure of a company or individual's ability to quickly convert assets into cash to meet financial obligations.

Efficiently

The ability to achieve a goal or perform a task with the least waste of time and effort; effectiveness and efficiency combined.