If a firm offers to pay a worker $10 for each hour of leisure the worker gives up, then the opportunities confronting the worker will be given by the:

A. straight line with a positive slope.
B. convex curve from the origin.
C. straight line with a negative slope.
D. concave curve from the origin.


Answer: C

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