At a fraternity party, george mentions that he is going to learn to hang glide during spring break. vicki, a casual friend, overhears him, and the next day she purchases a $100,000 life insurance policy on george's life. george has a happy week of hang gliding, but on the way home he is bitten by a parrot and dies of a rare tropical illness. vicki files a claim for $100,000, but the insurance company refuses to pay. a. vicki will win $100,000 but only if she mentioned animal bites to the insurance agent. b. vicki will win $100,000 regardless of whether she mentioned animal bites to the insurance agent. c. vicki will win $50,000. d. vicki will win nothing.

Aproduction order quantity problem has a daily demand rate = 10 and a daily production rate = 50. the production order quantity for this problem is approximately 612 units. what is the average inventory for this problem?

Florence invested in a factory requiring. federally-mandated reductions in carbon emissions. how will this impact florence as the factory's owner? a. her factory will be worth less once the upgrades are complete. b. her factory will likely be bought by the epa. c. florence will have to invest a large amount of capital to update the factory for little financial gain. d. florence will have to invest a large amount of capital to update the factory for a large financial gain.

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.