You Are Considering Applying for One of Two Credit Cards

question 36

Essay

You are considering applying for one of two credit cards.Credit card "A" has an annual fee of $30 and charges interest of 10 percent.Credit card "B" has no annual fee,but charges an interest rate of 15 percent.If you carry an average balance of $500 on your credit card,the lowest total annual expenses you could have with one of these two credit cards would be:
(a)$50
(b)$80
(c)$75
(d)$90

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Definitions:

Simultaneous Game

A strategic game where all players make their decisions or moves at the same time without knowing their opponents' actions.

Best Response

In game theory, it is the strategy that yields the highest payoff for a player, given the strategies chosen by other players.

Nash Equilibrium

A concept in game theory where each player's strategy is optimal, given the strategies of all other players, resulting in no incentive for unilateral shifts.

Game of Chicken

A game theory model where two players head towards each other on a collision path; the one who swerves is considered 'chicken,' but if neither swerves, both face disastrous outcomes.