You are looking to purchase a new car, and you expect to have annual maintenance costs to keep it running. According to your calculations, you expect to incur $150 maintenance costs in the first year and expect the costs to increase by $100 for the next 7 years. You plan to keep the car for 8 years in total. How much money should you have in your savings account today, so that you do not have to worry about maintenance? The savings account pays 2% per year, compounded annually.

As the inventor of hypertension medication, onesure pharmaceuticals (osp) inc. was able to reap the benefits of economies of scale due to a large consumer demand for the drug. even when competitors later developed similar drugs after the expiry of osp's patents, regular users did not want to switch because they were concerned about possible side effects. which of the following benefits does this scenario best illustrate? a. first-mover advantages b. social benefits c. network externalities d. fringe benefits