Imagine that you work for 40 hours per week at the wage rate of £10 an hour. Your free hours
are defined as the number of hours not spent in work per week, which in this
case is 24 hours × 7 days − 40 hours = 128 hours per week Suppose now that
your wage rate has increased by 100%. If you want to keep your total
weekly income constant, then:

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Imagine that you work for 40 hours per week at the wage rate of £10 an hour. Your free hours
are defined as the number of hours not spent in work per week, which in this
case is  24 hours × 7 days − 40 hours = 128 hours per week  Suppose now that
your wage rate has increased by 100%. If you want to keep your total
weekly income constant, then:

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You
will work 25 hours per week.

Answer

Your
free time will increase by 25%.

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Your
total number of hours will fall by 50%.

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Your
total number of hours will fall by 25%.

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