The Sum of a Number Plus 2 Times the Number

question 137

Multiple Choice

The sum of a number plus 2 times the number is 9. What is the number?

• A) 13
• B) 0
• C) 3
• D) -2
• E) 16

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Definitions:

Daily Returns

The profit or loss of an investment over a single trading day, expressed as a percentage of the investment's value at the start of the trading day.

Normally Distributed

A statistical term that describes a bell-shaped frequency distribution that is symmetric about the mean, used in various financial models to assume the distribution of returns or asset prices.

Risk-Adjusted Returns

Performance measurement that evaluates the return gained from an investment relative to the risk taken, often calculated using measures such as the Sharpe ratio.

Small Firms

Companies with a relatively small market capitalization.