Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Patrick usually provides child care for six children.

My two cents on thisquestion:

Stimulussummary:
At the end of each workweek, the parents pay Patrick at an hourly rate for the child care provided that week.
But the weekly income Patrick receives is usuallyadequate but not alwaysuniform , particularly in thewinter , when children are likely to get sick and be unpredictablyabsent.

Questionstem: Which of the following plans, if put into effect, has the best prospect of making Patrick's weekly income both uniform andadequate?
- Which means we need a plan which achieves both the goals - Uniformity and Adequacy ofIncome.


Answer choiceanalysis:

(A) Pool resources with a neighbor who provides child care under similar arrangements, so that the two of them cooperate in caring for twice as many children as Patrick currentlydoes.

Adequacy : May or may not be fulfilled: The income needs to be shared so we don't know whether it will be adequate after increasing the resources. It may increase from $600 to $1000 but if divided between
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Statistics : Posted by Asp23 • on 24 Dec 2012, 06:27 • Replies 21 • Views 41024

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