John Is Trying to Decide How to Divide His Time

question 113

Multiple Choice

John is trying to decide how to divide his time between his job as a stocker in the local grocery store, which pays $7 per hour for as many hours as he chooses to work, and cleaning windows for the businesses downtown. He makes $2 for every window he cleans. John is indifferent between the two tasks, and the number of windows he can clean depends on how many hours he spends cleaning in a day, as shown in the accompanying table.  
If we plot John's opportunity cost per window on the vertical axis and the number of windows cleaned each day on the horizontal axis, we will have John's ________ curve for window-cleaning services.

• A)production possibilities
• B)supply
• C)benefit
• D)demand

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Definitions:

Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a digital tool that allows for the organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.

Job Identity

Refers to the defining characteristics and duties that distinguish one job from another.

Skill Variety

The degree to which a job requires a range of different activities and skills to carry out the work involved.

Autonomy

The degree of independence and self-direction that an individual or entity has to make decisions and take actions.