John Is Trying to Decide How to Divide His Time

question 45

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 table below: $$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Hours Per } \\\text { Day Cleaning } \\\text { Windows }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Total Number } \\\text { of Windows } \\\text { Cleaned }\end{array} \\\hline 0 & 0 \\\hline 1 & 7 \\\hline 2 & 11 \\\hline 3 & 14 \\\hline 4 & 16 \\\hline 5 & 17 \\\hline\end{array}$$ A second hour cleaning windows will yield additional earnings of ______.

• A)$2
• B)$14
• C)$8
• D)$7

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Definitions:

Managerial Options

Financial incentives given to managers and executives, often in the form of stock options, to align their interests with those of the shareholders by motivating them to enhance the company's value.

Real Options

The flexibility to make strategic business decisions, such as deferring, abandoning, expanding, or contracting a project based on new information or market changes.

Exercised Option

An exercised option refers to the act of utilizing the right to buy or sell the underlying asset as specified in the options contract.

Terminating Project

Refers to the process of concluding or ending a project before its natural completion, often due to failure to meet objectives, financial constraints, or external factors.