Pat has just graduated from college and has two job offers. One pays $45,000 and requires that Pat supervise employees doing construction work on a busy highway. The other is an office job that pays $40,000. Chris has received the same offers from the same firms. Pat values the added safety of the office job at $6,000 per year, and Chris values the added safety of the office job at $3,000 per year. Pat will be better off taking the ______ job and Chris will be better off taking the ______ job.
A)office; office
B)office; highway
C)highway; office
D)highway; highway

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Pat values the office job's safety at $6,000, making the effective value of the office job $46,000 ($40,000 salary + $6,000 safety value), which is higher than the highway job's $45,000. Chris values the office job's safety at $3,000, making the effective value of the office job $43,000 ($40,000 salary + $3,000 safety value), which is less than the highway job's $45,000.

Pat Has Just Graduated from College and Has Two Job