Suppose Your Expenses for This Term Are as Follows: Tuition

question 207

Multiple Choice

Suppose your expenses for this term are as follows: tuition: $10,000, room and board: $6,000, books and other educational supplies: $1,000.Further, during the term, you can only work part-time and earn $8,000 instead of your full-time salary of $20,000.What is the opportunity cost of going to college this term, assuming that your room and board expenses would be the same even if you did not go to college?

• A)$11,000
• B)$17,000
• C)$23,000
• D)$29,000

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Definitions:

Margin Of Safety

The difference between actual or expected sales and sales at the break-even point; it measures the risk of incurring a loss.