Question

The cost of a cloud computing deployment is roughly estimated to be ___________

(a) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD / (Revenue – CostCLOUD))

(b) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue + CostCLOUD))

(c) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue – CostCLOUD))

(d) All of the mentioned

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Answer 1

The correct choice is (c) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue – CostCLOUD))

Best explanation: Unit cost is usually defined as the cost of a machine instance per hour or another resource.