You Have Recently Graduated from High School and Are Debating

question 23

Essay

You have recently graduated from high school and are debating whether to attend college or get a job. Assume that you can spend a certain amount today for tuition and receive your college degree in only one year. When you graduate, you will receive a job that pays you $100,000 immediately and $100,000 the following year. If you begin working immediately, you can earn $35,000 today and each of the next two years. If the interest rate is 10%, solve for the amount of tuition that would make you indifferent between going to college and working immediately.

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