If an Additional Sales Clerk Is Hired to Work in a Furniture

question 161

Multiple Choice

If an additional sales clerk is hired to work in a furniture store, the clerk's sales efforts will contribute $700 to the store's total revenue. Under what circumstances will the store's profits rise if the additional sales clerk is hired?

• A) if the cost of hiring the clerk is less than $700 in wages and other costs
• B) if the cost of hiring the clerk is equal to$700 in wages and other costs
• C) if the cost of hiring the clerk is more than $700 in wages and other costs
• D) if the cost of hiring the clerk is equal to $701 in wages and other costs

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Definitions:

Crossing-Over

Exchange of segments between non-sister chromatids of a bivalent during meiosis.

Chromatids

One of two identical halves of a duplicated chromosome, joined together by a centromere and separated during cell division.

Genetic Material

The molecules responsible for heredity and variation of organisms, primarily DNA or RNA in viruses.

Homologous Chromosomes

Pairs of chromosomes in a diploid organism that are similar in shape, size, and gene content, one inherited from each parent.