A company owner has 1000 shares of company stock she wants to divide among four employees as a bonus. Rather than simply divide the shares equally, she decides to give different amounts based on contribution, time with the company, etc. She decides the distribution must satisfy the following five (5) constraints: 1. The first employee gets twice as many shares as the second employee.
2. The third employee gets more shares than the first two together.
3. The fourth employee gets less than the second employee.
4. All the shares must be distributed.
5. Allocations must be in whole numbers—no fractional distributions.

Value economics capital scarcity opportunity cost wealth labor trade-offs standard of living good a. condition of not having enough resources to produce all the things people want b. alternative choices made by consumers in the marketplace c. sum of those economic products that are tangible, scarce, useful, and transferable d. tools, equipment, machinery, and factories used in the production of goods and services e. tangible item that is economically useful or that satisfies an economic want f. quality of life based on the ownership of the necessities and luxuries that make life easier g. people with all their efforts, abilities, and skills h. cost of the next-best alternative use of money, time, or resources when one choice is made rather than another i. study of how people try to satisfy their needs through the careful use of scarce resources j. worth that can be expressed in dollars and cents