If he goes to college, he will spend $22,000 on tuition, $11,000 on room and board, and $1,700 on books. If he does not go to college, he will earn $12,000 working in a store and spend $6,000 on room and board. Taio's cost of going to college is

$40,700

Explanation:

To determine Taio's cost of going to college you need to find the economic cost that involves all the costs that you need to cover to receive a benefit and the opportunity costs that refer to what you would have received if you had chosen a different alternative. According to this, Taio's cost is equal to all the acounting costs related to going to college plus the opportunity costs that are the benefits lost from the other option which was not going to college.

Accounting costs= $22,000+$11,000+$1,700= $34,700

Opportunity costs= $12,000-$6,000= $6,000

Taio's cost of going to college is equal to the acount costs plus the opportunity costs:

$34,700+$6,000= $40,700

the answer is a. $209,000