Assume the Total Expense for Your Current Year in College

question 79

Multiple Choice

Assume the total expense for your current year in college equals $20,000.Approximately how much would your parents have needed to invest 21 years ago in an account paying 8 percent compounded annually to cover this amount?

• A)$952
• B)$1,600
• C)$1,728
• D)$3,973 $20,000 = x(1.08)²¹
• $20,000 = 5.0338x

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Definitions:

Total Cost

The sum of all costs incurred by a firm in producing a certain level of output, including both fixed and variable costs.

Variable Cost

Costs that are directly correlated with the quantity of production or output generated.

ATC Curve

The Average Total Cost curve, a graph that shows the cost per unit of output at different levels of production, typically U-shaped due to economies and diseconomies of scale.

Marginal Cost

The charge incurred for the manufacturing of one more unit of a particular good or service.