Cash Equivalents Include Very Liquid, Very Safe Short-Term Investments

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Essay

Cash equivalents include very liquid, very safe short-term investments. Provide examples of cash equivalents.

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Definitions:

Uniform Density

Uniform density refers to a type of distribution in which every outcome in a range has an equal probability of occurring, often represented in physics and probability theory.

Probability

A quantification of the chance that a specific event happens, represented as a number ranging from 0 to 1.

Poisson Approximation

A methodology in statistics used to approximate the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space.

Probability

The measure of likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.