Reference no: EM133077233

Time Allocation and Studying

You have exactly 8 hours to study for tests in four different classes (Economics, Mathematics, Spanish, and English). Your objective is to use the information in the following table to determine how to distribute your 8 hours of study time on the four subjects in order to maximize total numerical test scores.

Economics		Mathematics		Spanish		English
Hours	Total Scores	Hours	Total Scores	Hours	Total Scores	Hours	Total Scores
0	30	0	40	0	60	0	75
1	50	1	57	1	70	1	83
2	65	2	69	2	79	2	90
3	78	3	79	3	86	3	95
4	88	4	86	4	90	4	98
5	92	5	89	5	92	5	99
6	95	6	91	6	93	6	99
7	96	7	92	7	93	7	99
8	96	8	93	8	93	8	99

To maximize total numerical scores, you should study how many hours in each subject? (Hint: use marginal analysis)

Economics: ______ hours

Mathematics: ______ hours

Spanish: ______ hours

English: ______ hours