The Florida Lottery Agrees to Pay the Winner $250,000 at the End

question 33

Multiple Choice

The Florida lottery agrees to pay the winner $250,000 at the end of each year for the next 20 years. What is the future value of this lottery if you plan to put each payment in an account earning 9 percent?

• A) $2.28 million
• B) $12.79 million
• C) $14.32 million
• D) $ 5.00 million

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Definitions:

Marginal Utility

The additional satisfaction or utility a consumer gains from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

Competitive Equilibrium Price Ratio

The ratio of prices that ensures the equality of supply and demand in a competitive market, often used to observe relative price changes between commodities.

Utility Function

A mathematical representation expressing an individual's preference ordering over a set of goods or services, used in economics to model decision making under uncertainty.

Min

Often short for "minimum," it represents the smallest or least possible amount or degree of a certain quantity or measure.