MINDTAP
From Cangage
A4- Chapter 19 Aplia
Due on Dec 8 at 2 PM MST
The following table lists the name, gender, height, and reservation wage of 10 people who are willing to work as
firefighters in the imaginary town of Timber Creek. (Note: The reservation wage is the lowest wage a person is
willing to accept in order to work.)
Name
Gender
Height
(Centimetres)
Reservation Wage
($ per week)
Isabella
F
175
330
Fjorentina
F
160
340
Benjamin
M
183
350
Grant
M
180
360
Catherine
F
163
370
Jin
M
173
380
Emily
F
168
390
Akram
M
170
400
Horacio
M
165
410
Dimitri
M
178
420
The lowest wage that Timber Creek can pay to hire five firefighters is
Suppose the Timber Creek City Commission imposes the restriction that all firefighters hired by the town must be at
least 170 centimetres in height. Under this new regulation, the wage rate the city must pay to attract five firefighters
rises by
per week. The gender composition of employment has also changed so that