What is the goal of technical writing?

To provide information that is easy to understand (APEX)

the cost of attendance or coa is an approximate budget for the cost of attendance of the whole academic year. in order to calculate this, universities take into consideration many factors like room and board, tuitions and fees, books, transportation and personal expenses such as medicine, laundry, clothing. all these factors combined make up the final sum to the cost of attendance in each university.

the answer to "what does the narrator realize by the end of the story" is b.