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Chapter 4, Problem 22P
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The cause of shortage and your advice to deputy park commissioner of the New York to allievate the shortage. When asked about the reason for lifeguard shortage threatened to keep one third of the city's beaches closed for the summer, the deputy park commissioner of the New York responded that kids seems to want to do more work that's more in tune with the career. Maybe they prefer carpal tunnel syndrome to sunburn.
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