Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that Shen is a diligent hard -
working first- year college student. One
Friday, he decides to start the day by
working through 300 practice problems to
study for the econometrics class. Using a
table to track his progress throughout the
day, he notices that as the hours pass,
takes him longer to solve the problems.Use
the table to answer the following
questions.

Transcribed Image Text:Time
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Use the table to answer the following questions.
Total Problems Solved
0
120
210
270
300
The marginal, or additional, gain from Amaia's second hour spent working, from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM, is
The marginal gain from Amaia's fourth hour spent working, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, is
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The following week, Amaia's econometrics faculty advisor gives her some advice. In all their years of teaching they claim to observe that working on
45 multiple choice questions boosts a student's test score by about the same amount as spending an hour reviewing lecture notes. For simplicity,
assume students are able to review lecture notes at a constant pace during each hour spent studying.
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Given this information, in order to use her 4 hours of time spent studying to get the highest possible test score, how many hours should she have
spent solving multiple choice problems, and how many hours should she have spent reviewing lecture notes?
0 hours working on problems, 4 hours reading
2 hours working on problems, 2 hours reading
problems.
3 hours working on problems, 1 hour reading
problems.
4 hours working on problems, 0 hours reading
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