Amira

Mathematics

17 August, 19:25

Two people quit work and begin college at the same time. Their salary and education information is given in the table below.

Salary prior to school

Years attending college

Total cost of college

Salary upon graduating

Person A

$18,000

3

$45000

$33,000

Person B

$27,000

4

$30,000

$37,000

Choose the true statement.

a.

Person A recovers their investment in a shorter amount of time.

b.

Person B recovers their investment in a shorter amount of time.

c.

They recover their investments in the same amount of time.

d.

There is too little information to compare the time to recover their investments.