Pay Is Directly Proportional to Hours Worked

question 29

Multiple Choice

Pay is directly proportional to hours worked.What units would be appropriate for the proportionality constant in an equation that relates pay and hours worked?

• A)dollars * hours
• B)hours * dollars
• C)dollars/hour
• D)hours/dollar
• E)hours²/dollar

Understand concepts of health promotion and disease prevention.

Identify and describe Healthy People 2020 goals.

Understand the impact of illness on family processes.

Understand stages of health behavior change, specifically smoking cessation.

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in its price, indicating its sensitivity.

Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity demanded for a given period.

Price Elasticity

The responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a change in its price.

Price Elasticity

An indicator of the degree to which the demand or supply of a product adjusts due to a variation in its cost.