Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) Class is rarely discussed in the United States and consequently is largely off the radar screen regarding public discourse.
• B) Class is discussed all the time in the United States and is a topic of frequent debate in public discourse.
• C) Americans are very knowledgeable about class and have very accurate ideas about where their families fit in the U.S. class structure.
• D) The Founding Fathers of the United States were among the poorest men in the thirteen colonies, which is why they were concerned with creating a classless society.
• E) Native Americans have always been among the largest landholders in the United States, which has allowed them to pursue upward mobility throughout the country's history.

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Definitions:

Capital Investment Analysis

The process of evaluating the advisability of investing in long-term assets, based on potential returns.

Present Value

A rephrased definition denoting the current value of a future amount of money discounted at a particular rate of return.

Internal Rate of Return

A financial metric used to evaluate 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.

Average Rate of Return

A financial ratio that demonstrates the profitability of an investment by comparing the average annual profit to the initial investment cost.