The cost of capital: A) is the expected rate of return on a capital investment.
B) is the interest rate that the firm pays on a loan from a bank or insurance company.
C) for risky investments is normally higher than the firm's borrowing rate.
D) is an opportunity cost determined by the risk-free rate of return.

Option A: is the expected rate of return on a capital investment.

Explanation:

A capital is usually the money used to start up any business.

Cost of capital is simply cost of company's long-term sources of funds: debt, preferred equity and others. It shows how the market views the risk of the firm's assets. A firm must earn required return to compensate investors for the financing the business.

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

answer; schedule c;