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.

Create a table to show the given data in tabular form.

                                         Person A    Person B
                                             
Salary prior to school      $18,000     $27,000
Years attending college              3                 4
Total cost of college        $45,000    $30,000
Salary upon graduating   $33,000    $37,000

Person A:
Total investment = 3years of lost wages plus college cost
                             = 3*18000 + 45000
                             = $99,000
Time to recover the investment = 99,000/33,00 = 3 years

Person B:
Total investment = 4* 27000 + 30000
                             = $138,000
Time to recover the investment = 138,000/37,000 = 3.73 years

Therefore it takes person A less time to recover the investment.

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

Two because two of one thing is two.