Kristen, an independent management consultant, is based in atlanta. during march and april of 2019, she is contracted by a national hardware chain to implement revised human resource policies in jackson (mississippi) temporarily. during this period, kristen flies to jackson on sunday night, spends the week at the district office, and returns home to atlanta on friday afternoon. the cost of returning home is $550, and the cost of spending the weekend in jackson would have been $490.