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Brianna is running a fundraising drive for the shelter on Saturday, and she tells you about two ways to participate. Supporters can either donate $50 or donate five hours of volunteer time.
You also have the option of working a six-hour overtime shift at your job on Saturday. Overtime pays $24 an hour, and you can't do both. You want to support the shelter, but your savings goal is on your mind.
Which is the best option for supporting the shelter, from only a financial point of view?
Question 8 options:
Work the volunteer shift, and pay the $50 donation.
Work the volunteer shift, but don't pay the $50 donation.
Work the volunteer shift, and then try to work one hour of overtime.
Work the overtime shift, and pay the $50 donation.
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Work the overtime shift, and pay the $50 donation.
Reason: 6 hours × $24 = $144 earned. If you then donate $50, your net gain is $144 − $50 = $94. Any volunteering option costs you the $144 in forgone overtime (and if you also paid the $50 donation it would cost $194), and you can’t split the overtime shift into just one hour. So financially the overtime+donation leaves you best off.
Reason: 6 hours × $24 = $144 earned. If you then donate $50, your net gain is $144 − $50 = $94. Any volunteering option costs you the $144 in forgone overtime (and if you also paid the $50 donation it would cost $194), and you can’t split the overtime shift into just one hour. So financially the overtime+donation leaves you best off.
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