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Figure: Income and Leisure Opportunities
-(Figure: Income and Leisure Opportunities)The figure Income and Leisure Opportunities refers to Keisha when she has 100 hours per week for working or leisure.There are two time allocation lines,one for a $10 hourly wage rate and the other for a $20 hourly wage rate.Keisha's optimal choice is point A when the wage is $10,and her optimal choice is point C when the wage is $20.As the amount she earns increases from $10 to $20 per hour,Keisha will work _____ hours because of the substitution effect.
A) 10 fewer
B) 15 more
C) 25 fewer
D) 50 more

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Figure: Income and Leisure Opportunities 
-(Figure: Income and Leisure Opportunities)The figure Income and Leisure Opportunities refers to Keisha when she has 100 hours per week for working or leisure.There are two time allocation lines,one for a $10 hourly wage rate and the other for a $20 hourly wage rate.Keisha's optimal choice is point A when the wage is $10,and her optimal choice is point C when the wage is $20.As the amount she earns increases from $10 to $20 per hour,Keisha will work _____ hours because of the substitution effect.
A) 10 fewer 
B) 15 more 
C) 25 fewer 
D) 50 more

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The substitution effect suggests that as wages increase, leisure becomes more expensive in terms of opportunity cost, leading Keisha to work more hours.

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