Which one of the following statements concerning technical indicators is true? a) the stock market is considered weak when market volume falls during a market decline. b) the market is considered strong as long as the number of stocks that advance in price on a given day is less than the number that decline. c) the market is expected to continue along its current trend when there is little difference between the volume of odd-lot purchases and sales. d) the market is expected to increase immediately when the volume of short sales begins to rise.

Kendra knight took part in a friendly game of touch football. she had played before and was familiar with football. michael jewett was on her team. in the course of play, michael bumped into kendra and knocked her to the ground. he stepped on her hand, causing injury to a little finger that later required its amputation. she sued michael for damages. he defended on the ground that she had assumed the risk. kendra claimed that assumption of risk could not be raised as a defense because the state legislature had adopted the standard of comparative negligence. what happens if contributory negligence applies? what happens if the defense of comparative negligence applies?