Assuming the average person works 50 weeks per year, median earnings of a college graduate are $56,850 per year compared to $33,900 per year for a high school graduate. If a college graduate works 43 years, median lifetime earnings are $2,444,500. A high school graduate can be expected to work an additional four years (47 years total), resulting in lifetime earnings of $1,593,300. According to the College Board, an undergraduate student attending an in-state school and living on-campus should budget $25.290 per year to attend college (including tuition and fees, room and board, books, transportation, and other expenses) Using this information calculate the average total cost of a bachelor's degree that takes four years to complete, then determine whether obtnining the degree is likely to be worth the expense.

a. According to the College Bourd, a four-year bachelor's degree at an in-state school will cost, on average, worth it because the increase in lifetime earnings
b. The expense of obtaining a bachelor's degree the worth it because the increase in lifetime earnings the cost

Ido not understand this project overview agricultural commodities are bought and sold through the stock exchange. the price of commodities changes all the time. investors buy many agricultural commodities before they are ready for shipping. when an investor buys an agricultural commodity that is going to be ready in the future, they call this purchasing futures. this might be a future crop, meat that has not yet been processed, or another type of agricultural commodity. for this project, you will have to decide how to spend $10,000. research the new york stock exchange. find one or more agricultural commodities that you are interested in. remember, it may be listed as a future crop. instructions identify the agricultural commodities that you think have the best chance of going up in price. think about what is going on with supply and demand. decide how you will spend your money. you may purchase only agricultural commodities. check the market every day for a week. record the price of your commodity or commodities each day. you may buy or sell your commodities at any time during the week. you may sell your commodities and buy different ones. feel free to experiment with the $10,000 by buying and selling commodities, but make sure to keep a careful record of your activities. at the end of the week, you will write a report on your investments. this report should be structured to include this information: page 1: explain how the stock market works. page 2: list all commodities purchased. describe each in detail. discuss why you selected these commodities. remember, they must be agricultural. page 3: create a chart or graph to illustrate the price of your commodity or commodities over the week’s time. list all of your activity buying and selling. make sure you include prices and details. page 4: write a summary of your experience. describe what you might do differently if you were using actual money. propose potential reasons why the price of each commodity may go up or down.