A Bank Has $100,000 in Checkable Deposits and $30,000 in Reserves

question 3

Multiple Choice

A bank has $100,000 in checkable deposits and $30,000 in reserves. If the required reserve ratio is 10%, what is the amount of excess reserves?

• A) $0
• B) $10,000
• C) $20,000
• D) $30,000

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Definitions:

Probability Density Functions

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Continuous Random Variables

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A measure used in various statistical analyses to quantitatively summarize the shape of a curve, often related to the performance of a model or the distribution of data.

Standard Normal Random Variable

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