Given an Employee Cost of Effort Function (Where E Is

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Given an employee cost of effort function (where e is given in hours worked per week and each unit of e produces an extra $100 in sales):

What is the cost of effort for a 37 hour week? What is the cost of effort for a 43 hour week? If the firm offers a salary only job of $500 per week,what is the employee's payoff net of effort costs for a 49 hour work week?

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