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2 years ago

What represents the value of the second-best alternative that a person gives up when making a choice?

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miss Akunina [59]2 years ago

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Answer:

c. oportunity cost

Explanation:

Opportunity cost is the value lost as a result of preferring a particular option over the other. It occurs when an individual has to choose between two alternatives. For example, Jane can either stock 100 crates of soda or 80 packs of water. If shes chooses 80 boxes of water, the100 crates of soda represent the opportunity cost.

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Consider a market where: Consumer surplus is 250 Producer surplus is 125. If both consumer surplus and producer surplus are ma

mario62 [17]

Answer:

A. Deadweight loss = 125 units.

B. Deadweight loss = 25 units.

Explanation:

In a free market and completely efficient economy, the consumer surplus equals the producer surplus. Both benefits of free trade. When consumers o producers have a minor surplus, necessarily implies a loss on eficiency, usually caused by government regulations like taxes or price ceilings.

The amount of welfare lost is measure by the difference between consumer and producer surplus.

In the first case:

|Consumer surplus - producer surplus| = 25 units

|250- 125| = 125 units

And in the second case:

|180- 155| = 25 units

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3 years ago

You have decided to buy a used car. The dealer has offered you two options: (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, and PVA of $1) (Use

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Answer:

1. In option (a), the dealer would charge $18,213.54.

b. In present value terms, the one-time payment (option (b) is a better deal for the purchaser.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Monthly payment for a used car = $620

Payment period = 20 months

Additional payment at the end of 20 months = $12,000

Annual interest rate = 24%

One-time payment for the car purchase = $16,864

From an online financial calculator, the present value of the payments is:

N (# of periods) 20

I/Y (Interest per year) 24

PMT (Periodic Payment) 620

FV (Future Value) 12000

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PV = $18,213.54

Sum of all periodic payments = $12,400.00

Total Interest = $6,186.46

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2 years ago

Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. Assume that in 2015, an

xenn [34]

Answer:

-3.41%

Explanation:

The computation of the annual rate of return is shown below;

We use the formula:

Future value = Present value × (1 + rate of interest)^number of years

$10,710,500 = $12,738,500 × (1 + rate of interest)^5

($10,710,500 ÷ $12,738,500)^(1 ÷ 5) = (1 + rate of interest)

(1 + rate of interest) = 0.965913622

r = (0.965913622 - 1) × 100

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3 years ago

Which of the following phrases describes money?

lakkis [162]

The phrases that describes money the best would be: Medium of exchange

Before money were made, in order to obtain a product that we don't own, we need to exchange it with another product that we own. This system is commonly known as barter.

With money, we can obtain a product that we don't own without exchanging it with anything. This function is the reason why money is called medium of exchange

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3 years ago

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You just deposited $2,500 in a bank account that pays a 4.0% nominal interest rate, compounded quarterly. If you also add anothe

choli [55]

Answer:

The value of the investment would be $16,035.87 in 12 quarters from now

Explanation:

The value of $2,500 after four quarters can be determined with the below formula:

FV=PV*(1+r/t)^N*t

FV is the future value of the investment, the unknown

PV, the present value of the investment is the amount invested.

r is the rate of return of 4%

t is the number of times interest is paid annually,4 times in this case

After the first four quarters, the worth of the investment is shown thus:

FV=$2500*(1+4%/4)^1*4

FV=$2500*(1+1%)^4

FV=$2,601.51

After that $5000 was added to $2,601.51 making $7,601.51 which was reinvested to yield the below:

FV=$7,601.51*(1+ in 4%/4)^1*4

FV=$7,601.51*(1+1%)^4

FV=$7910.16

Then $7,500 was added to $7,910.16 which turns $15,410.16

FV=$15,410.16*(1+4%/4)^1*4

FV=$15,410.16*(1+1%)^4

FV=$16,035.87

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3 years ago