Last Year Your Job at the University Cafeteria Paid You

question 137

Multiple Choice

Last year your job at the university cafeteria paid you $9 an hour and the price of a music download was $1.00.This year your cafeteria job pays $9.90 per hour and download costs $1.10.You are clearly

• A)worse off because of inflation.
• B)worse off because the download is now relatively more expensive.
• C)better off because your wage rate went up.
• D)better off because the download now costs less work.

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Definitions:

Chemical Bond

Attractive force that arises between two atoms when their electrons interact; links atoms into molecules.

Nonionic Solids

Substances that consist of molecules bound together by covalent bonds rather than ionic bonds, lacking charge separation.

Dissociate

To separate or remove from association; in chemistry, it refers to the reversible separation of molecules into smaller particles.

Buffers

Chemical substances that help maintain the stability of pH levels in solutions by neutralizing the effects of acids and bases.