Question

Clara works a summer job that pays $10 per hour. She has two choices for the Fourth of July weekend. She can continue to work and earn holiday pay, or she can go with her friends to the beach. She creates a cost-benefit analysis table to examine her choices. What statement would best complete the chart, and why?
-She would be able to carpool to the beach, allowing her to save money for a car.
-She would be able to relax and work better later because she would have a good time.
-Her employer may see she is reliable and hire her in the fall, helping her save more for college.
-Her employer may see she works more than other employees and cut back on her work time.

Answer 1

The statement ‘her employer may see she is reliable and hire her in the fall, helping her save more for college’ will be a benefit that completes the cost-benefit table for working and earning holiday pay. ‘She would be able to carpool to the beach, allowing her to save money for a car’ and ‘she would be able to relax and work better later because she would have a good time’ are benefits for going to the beach.