ABC Partnership Agrees to Hire an "Errand Runner" 20 Hours

question 13

Multiple Choice

ABC Partnership agrees to hire an "errand runner" 20 hours per week for the summer. Alan, a partner, interviews a college student and decides to offer her the job. But she says she needs a 40-hour-a-week job, so Alan agrees to make it 40 hours. What result?

• A) ABC Partnership is not bound to hire her.
• B) ABC Partnership is bound to pay her for 40 hours per week.
• C) Alan is bound to pay her for 20 hours per week.
• D) Alan has to pay her for 40 hours per week.

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Definitions:

Wheatstone Bridge

An electrical circuit used to measure unknown electrical resistances by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component.

Impedance

The total opposition (combining resistance and reactance) a circuit presents to alternating current.

Capacitance

The ability of a component or circuit to collect and store energy in the form of an electrical charge, measured in Farads.

Bridge Circuit

A circuit that consists of four sections connected in series to form a closed loop.