Your Subscription to Investing Wisely Weekly Is About to Expire

question 60

Multiple Choice

Your subscription to Investing Wisely Weekly is about to expire.You plan to subscribe to the magazine for the rest of your life,and you can renew it by paying $85 annually,beginning immediately,or you can get a lifetime subscription for $850,also payable immediately.Assuming that you can earn 6.0% on your funds and that the annual renewal rate will remain constant,how many years must you live to make the lifetime subscription the better buy?

• A)7.48
• B)8.80
• C)10.35
• D)12.18
• E)14.33

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Definitions:

Production

The process of creating goods or services by combining various inputs in order to make products that are suitable for consumption or further production.

Increasing Returns To Scale

A situation in production where an increase in the scale of inputs leads to a more than proportional increase in output.

Weak Axiom

In consumer theory, it refers to the consistency of consumer choice behavior under the assumption of non-increasing preferences.

Profit-maximizing Behavior

An economic principle where businesses seek to achieve the highest possible profit from their operations.