A Pension Fund Owns 2,000 Fewer Shares in Mutual Stock

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Essay

A pension fund owns 2,000 fewer shares in mutual stock funds than mutual bond funds. Currently, the stock funds sell for $12 per share, and the bond funds sell for $15 per share. The value of the securities is $165,000. How many shares of stock funds does the pension fund own?
__________ shares How many shares of bond funds does the pension fund own?
__________ shares

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

The factor in an investigation that is deliberately altered to study its impact on a variable that is being measured.

Dependent Variable

In scientific research, it is the variable being tested and measured, expected to change as a result of manipulations of the independent variable.

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Stimulus Variable

A Stimulus Variable is a factor in an experiment that can be changed or manipulated to observe its effects on the outcome.