You Want to Travel to Europe to Visit Relatives When

question 62

Multiple Choice

You want to travel to Europe to visit relatives when you graduate from college three years from now.The trip is expected to cost a total of $10,000 at that time.Your parents have deposited $5,000 for you in a CD paying 6% interest annually,maturing three years from now.Aunt Hilda has agreed to finance the balance.If you are going to put Aunt Hilda's gift in an investment earning 10% over the next three years,how much must she deposit now,so you can visit your relatives at the end of three years?

• A) $3,757
• B) $3,039
• C) $5,801
• D) $3,345

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Definitions:

Budget Constraint

A limit on the consumption possibilities of an individual or entity based on available resources.

Optimal Consumption

Describes the combination of goods and services that maximizes an individual's utility or satisfaction subject to their budget constraint.

Marginal Utility

The additional satisfaction or benefit gained from consuming or using one more unit of a good or service.

Deserted Island

An uninhabited or sparsely populated island often used in economic theories and thought experiments to illustrate principles of survival, scarcity, and choice.