Sharon,a Marketing Major,has Her First Economics Test and Her First

question 180

Multiple Choice

Sharon,a marketing major,has her first economics test and her first finance test to take tomorrow and she has four hours tonight to allocate to studying the two subjects.The data below show her scores on the two tests based on the time spent studying.(Hint: Studying economics for 0 hours means studying finance for 4 hours. )

-To efficiently allocate her 4 hours of study time,Sharon should seek to maximize the

• A) economics test score.
• B) difference in the two test scores.
• C) finance test score.
• D) combined test scores.
• E) economics test score first and then the finance test scorE.

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