A Generous Benefactor to a Local Ballet Plans to Make

question 19

Multiple Choice

A generous benefactor to a local ballet plans to make a one-time endowment that would provide the ballet with $150,000 per year into perpetuity. The rate of interest is expected to be 5 percent for all future time periods. How large must the endowment be?

• A) $ 300,000
• B) $3,000,000
• C) $ 750,000
• D) $1,428,571

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Definitions:

Normal Good

A good for which demand increases as consumer income rises, and decreases as consumer income falls.

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of the consumer increases, as opposed to a normal good where demand increases with income.

Linear Demand Curve

A demand curve that shows a straight-line relationship between price and quantity demanded, suggesting a constant rate of change.

Constant Elasticity

refers to a condition in economics where the elasticity of a function, such as demand or supply, remains constant along the curve, indicating a proportional and consistent reaction to changes in other variables.