What Is the Difference Between a Flow Variable and a Stock

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Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a flow variable and a stock variable?

• A) A stock variable is a variable that is measured over a specific period of time while a flow variable is a variable that is independent of time.
• B) A flow variable is a variable that is measured in units of current prices while a stock variable is measured using prices from a base period.
• C) A flow variable is a variable that is measured over a specific period of time while a stock variable is a variable that is independent of time.
• D) A stock variable is a variable that is measured in units of current prices while a flow variable is measured using prices from a base period.

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed

Describes a bell-shaped distribution that is symmetric about the mean, where data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

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Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how spread out the data points are from the mean.

Normally Distributed

A distribution where probabilities are mirrored on either side of the mean, illustrating higher frequency of events near the average.