- Daphne has been doing jobs for her parents at weekends and they have been paying her for
what she does. She chose which jobs to undertake from the list below.
Job
Washing car
Scrubbing kitchen floor
Supermarket shopping
Laundry
Vacuum cleaning and tidying
Time taken to complete job
1 hour 30 minutes
2 hours
3 hours
5 hours
7 hours
Payment
$6
$8
$12
$21
$30
Daphne has been choosing which jobs to do purely on the basis of earning the most money
possible. She must choose complete jobs she cannot do part of one. In the interest of her
education her parents will not allow her to work for more than eight hours any weekend.
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This weekend another job is added to the list above-making breakfast for parents, taking one
hour with a $4 payment.