Steve Is Offered an Investment Where for Every $1

question 10

Multiple Choice

Steve is offered an investment where for every $1.00 invested today,he will receive $1.10 at the end of each of the next five years.Steve concludes that in five years time he will have $1.10 for every $1.00 invested and that this investment will increase his personal value.What is Steve's major error in reasoning when making this decision?

• A)Costs and benefits must be in the same terms to be compared.
• B)There may be other investments that he can make that will offer even bigger benefits.
• C)The investment may have hidden costs that will reduce the amount of benefit he receives.
• D)The value of the cash he has today is greater than the value of the cash he may have in the future.

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Definitions:

SnRNPs

Small nuclear ribonucleoproteins involved in the splicing of pre-mRNA in the nucleus.

Splice

The process of joining two pieces of DNA or RNA together by enzymatic or mechanical means.

Introns

Non-coding sequences of DNA within genes that are removed during mRNA processing before translation into proteins.

Signal-Recognition Particle RNA

See signal-recognition particle (SRP).