A Local Business Owner Is Considering Adding Another Employee to His

question 185

Short Answer

A local business owner is considering adding another employee to his staff in an effort to increase the number of hours that the store is open per day. If the employee will cost the owner $4,000 per month and the store takes in $50/hour in revenue with variable costs of $15/hour, how many hours must the new employee work for the owner to break even?

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Definitions:

Ideology

A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.

Nationalism

A political ideology and movement that holds that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance, often accompanied by a sense of national consciousness and patriotism.

Colonialism

The practice of gaining full or partial control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

Venustiano Carranza

A leader in the Mexican Revolution who became President of Mexico, serving from 1917 to 1920, and played a key role in drafting the progressive Mexican Constitution of 1917.