If Your Tuition Is $2,000 This Semester, Your Books Cost

question 8

Multiple Choice

If your tuition is $2,000 this semester, your books cost $400, you can only work 10 rather than 40 hours per week during the 15 weeks you are taking classes and you make $12 per hour, and your room and board is $4,000 this semester (same as if not attending college) , then your opportunity cost of attending college this semester is

• A) $2,400.
• B) $2,760.
• C) $7,800.
• D) $11,800.

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Definitions:

Equilibrium Wage

The equilibrium wage is the wage rate at which the quantity of labor demanded by employers exactly matches the quantity of labor supplied by workers.

Minimum Wage

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Shortage Of Labor

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