Samantha Deposits $2000 into a Saving Account That Pays an Annual

question 100

Multiple Choice

Samantha deposits $2000 into a saving account that pays an annual interest rate of 5 percent.Over the course of a year,the inflation rate is 2 percent.What happens at the end of the year?

• A) Samantha has $100 more in her account,and her purchasing power has increased by about $40.
• B) Samantha has $100 more in her account,and her purchasing power has increased by about $60.
• C) Samantha has $140 more in her account,and her purchasing power has increased about $100.
• D) Samantha has $140 more in her account,and her purchasing power has increased about $40.

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Definitions:

Mirror Neurons

Neurons that fire both when an individual performs an action and when they observe the same action performed by another, involved in empathy and learning.

Temporal Lobes

The regions of the brain located on either side of the head, involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory, among other functions.

Hemisphere

Half of a spherical or roughly spherical body; in context often referring to one of the two halves of the brain, each specializing in different functions.

Evaluative Conditioning

A process by which the perception of a stimulus is changed by learning to associate it with positive or negative contexts.