Jack's Convenience Store is open for 20 hours a day, Monday through Saturday. There is always one employee in the store. The store employs three full- time employees , who work 40 hours per week and earn $9 per hour. The store also spends $ 200 per week on each full- time employee's benefits. Their labor contract requires that they earn double- time for any overtime work and that any employee who works 30 hours or more per week be given full benefits . The store is considering expanding its hours to 24 hours per day, Monday through Saturday, and 16 hours on Sunday

Hiring a new employee to cover the added hours will cost $160 less than paying overtime to the three present employees.

Explanation:

Find the cost of paying the employees at the present hours, 120 hours per week at $9 per hour plus benefits. That's $360 plus $200 per employee per week. $560

If the store is open an additional 40 hours, the overtime at $18 per hour will cost $720.

The difference is 720 - 560 = 160

the answer to the question is punishment. or more specifically, positive punishment.

positive punishment occurs when a behavior is given a negative consequence for the individual doing the behavior.

sara no longer wants to ask questions (the behavior) because she is ridiculed by mr. smith (the punishment).

reinforcement is inaccurate because reinforcement always gives positive consequences for the individual doing the behavior, be it by introducing a pleasant consequence or removing an unpleasant one.