After Graduating from College with a Finance Degree,you Begin an Ambitious

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After graduating from college with a finance degree,you begin an ambitious plan to retire in 25 years.To build up your retirement fund,you will make quarterly payments into a mutual fund that on average will pay 12% APR compounded quarterly.To get you started,a relative gives you a graduation gift of $5,000.Once retired,you plan on moving your investment to a money market fund that will pay 6% APR with monthly compounding.As a young retiree,you believe you will live for 30 more years and will make monthly withdrawals of $10,000.To meet your retirement needs,what quarterly payment should you make?

• A) $2,221.45
• B) $2,588.27
• C) $2,746.50
• D) $2,904.73

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Definitions:

Perfectly Inelastic

A demand situation where the quantity demanded does not change in response to price changes.

Elastic

A characteristic of a demand or supply curve which shows a high responsiveness to changes in price.

Inelastic

Refers to a condition in which the demand or supply of a product or service remains largely unaffected by variations in its price.

Pure Monopolist

A market scenario where a single company or entity exclusively controls the entire supply of a particular product or service, without any close substitutes or competition.