Scenario 18-3 Sam Has Two Jobs, One for the Winter and One

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Scenario 18-3
Sam has two jobs, one for the winter and one for the summer. In the winter, he works as a lift attendant at a ski resort where he earns $13 per hour. During the summer, he drives a tour bus around the ski resort, earning $11 per hour.
-Refer to Scenario 18-3. Assume that Sam has an upward-sloping labor supply curve. If the opportunity cost of Sam's leisure time increases, he will respond by working

• A)more hours.
• B)fewer hours.
• C)an equal number of hours.
• D)a number of hours that cannot be determined from the information. The labor demand curve is needed to make this determination.

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