Which of the Following Decisions Would Involve the Use of the Future

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following decisions would involve the use of the future value of $1? Select all that apply.

• A) Your brother buys your car and offers to pay you $500 now or $1,500 in two years.
• B) You win a lawsuit and are offered a lump-sum payment today of $100,000 or $15,000 a year for 20 years.
• C) Your father and mother wish to deposit enough money on the date of your high school graduation to enable you to take a cruise that will cost $7000 when you graduate from college in 4 years.
• D) You want to have $1,000,000 in order to retire at age 55, but need to know how much you will need to deposit each year from now until your 55th birthday.

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Definitions:

Resource Cost

The cost associated with the consumption or use of resources, including materials, labor, and capital in the production of goods and services.

Output

The amount of products or services produced by a company, industry, or economy in a specified period.

Labor Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the wage rate and the quantity of labor employers are willing to hire.

Diminishing Returns

A principle stating that if one input in the production of a commodity is increased while other inputs are held fixed, a point will eventually be reached at which additions of the input yield progressively smaller, or diminishing, increases in output.