A Consumer Is Currently Spending All of Her Available Income

question 285

Multiple Choice

A consumer is currently spending all of her available income on two goods: music CDs and DVDs. At her current consumption bundle, she is spending twice as much on CDs as she is on DVDs. If the consumer has $120 of income and is consuming 10 CDs and 2 DVDs, what is the price of a DVD?

• A)$4
• B)$8
• C)$12
• D)$20

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Definitions:

Internal Rate of Return

A financial metric used to estimate the profitability of potential investments, calculated as the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero.

Cash Flows

The net amount of cash and cash equivalents being transferred into and out of a business.

Accrual Income

This refers to the income that is earned in a fiscal period but not received within the same period.

Internal Rate of Return

A financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of an investment, indicating the annualized rate of return that makes the net present value of all cash flows from the investment equal to zero.