Each Topic Sentence Below Is Followed by Supporting Details

question 34

Multiple Choice

Each topic sentence below is followed by supporting details. Select the letter of the answer that arranges each group of details according to space order. Describe a garden.
____ an orchard of apple, pear, and cherry trees past the vegetable beds
____ raspberry and blackberry bushes dividing the flower beds from the neat rows of vegetables
____ paths lined with flowers nearest the house
____ a creek separating the orchard from the forest
____ tomato, bean, squash, and corn plants

• A) 4, 2, 1, 5, 3
• B) 2, 3, 4, 5, 1
• C) 1, 5, 4, 3, 2

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Definitions:

Risk Averse

A risk-averse individual prefers certainty over uncertainty and would opt for a guaranteed outcome over a gamble with potentially higher, yet uncertain, rewards.

Expected Rate

Often refers to the anticipated rate of return on an investment or the expected growth rate of an economic variable.

Risk-Averse Investor

An individual who prefers lower returns with known risks rather than higher returns with unknown risks.

Variances

Variances measure the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean value, identifying how spread out the data points are.