Mary Jo Spends $1,450 to Buy Stock in Two Companies

question 67

Multiple Choice

Mary Jo spends $1,450 to buy stock in two companies. She pays $11 a share to one of the companies and $17 a share to the other. If she ends up with a total of 110 shares, how many shares did she buy at $11 a share and how many did she buy at $17 a share?

• A)50 at $11 and 60 at $17
• B)70 at $11 and 40 at $17
• C)75 at $11 and 35 at $17
• D)65 at $11 and 45 at $17
• E)90 at $11 and 20 at $17

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Definitions:

Okazaki Fragments

Short segments of DNA synthesized on the lagging strand during DNA replication, eventually joined together to form a continuous strand.

DNA Synthesis

The process by which a cell makes an exact copy of its DNA, allowing for genetic information to be passed from one generation to the next.

Discontinuous Strand

A strand of DNA that is synthesized in short segments during DNA replication, also known as the lagging strand.

Fred Griffith

A British bacteriologist whose experiments in 1928 demonstrated the principle of bacterial transformation, an essential discovery that paved the way for understanding DNA as the material of heredity.